Understanding global health policy

The Handbook of Global Health Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 19-45

  Brugha, Ruairí ^a   Bruen, Carlos ^a   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b International Health Policy Program   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Global health actors; Global health policy; Health policy making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924258509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118509623.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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