Act global, but think local: Accountability at the frontlines

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 21, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 103-112

  Freedman, Lynn P ^a   Schaaf, Marta ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ARTICLE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLITICS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOALS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84889028907     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: 14609576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(13)42744-1     Document Type: Article

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