Public health challenges in the political economy of conflict: The case of Syria

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 314-329

  Sen, Kasturi ^a   Faisal, Waleed Al ^b  

^a WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Challenges; Conflict; Health care; Modernization; Syria

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LIBERALIZATION; LIVING STANDARD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD BANK;

EGYPT; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA;

HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WARFARE;

HUMANS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SYRIA; WARFARE;

EID: 84946497349     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2312     Document Type: Article

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