The Chinese state’s retreat from health: Policy and the politics of retrenchment

The Chinese State's Retreat from Health: Policy and the Politics of Retrenchment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-146

  Duckett, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203840726     Document Type: Book

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