The pursuit of ignorance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Smith, K E ^a   Collin, J ^a   Hawkins, B ^b   Hilton, S ^c   Moore, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84962221867     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1446     Document Type: Editorial

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