The politics underlying the provision of and changes in pathology and laboratory services in the United States during the Roaring Twenties

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 983-991

  Wright, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; COLLEGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINE; MODEL; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; POLITICS; SURGEON; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; TRENDS;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGISTS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84984861283     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0113-HP     Document Type: Review

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