Minimal, negligible and negligent interventions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 265-268

  Hawe, Penelope ^a,b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex interventions

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETITION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ANEMIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITEMIA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84939416076     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.025     Document Type: Note

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