Government rural health assistants as social beings: neither passive norperverse

Health Providers in India: On the Frontlines of Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 15-37

  George, Asha ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

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EID: 84920433425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203150986     Document Type: Chapter

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