Globalization, austerity and health equity politics: taming the inequality machine, and why it matters

Critical Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-13

  Schrecker, Ted ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

austerity; economic policy; globalization; inequality; social determinants of health; social policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATIFICATION; TAX;

EID: 84946833118     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2014.973019     Document Type: Note

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