Is the NHS really safe from international trade agreements?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Reynolds, Lucy ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COURT; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SLOVAKIA; TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP; UNITED KINGDOM; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

COMMERCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84930646800     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2179     Document Type: Article

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