Health in the Arab world: A view from within 1: Governance and health in the Arab world

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9914, 2014, Pages 343-355

  Batniji, Rajaie ^a   Khatib, Lina ^b   Cammett, Melani ^c   Sweet, Jeffrey ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^a   Jamal, Amaney ^d   Wise, Paul ^a   Giacaman, Rita ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Middle East Center   (Lebanon)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MEDICAL SERVICE; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; THREAT; ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ARAB WORLD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; POLITICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84892900984     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62185-6     Document Type: Review

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