Comprehensive primary health care under neo-liberalism in Australia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-52

  Baum, Fran ^a   Freeman, Toby ^a   Sanders, David ^b   Labonté, Ronald ^c   Lawless, Angela ^a   Javanparast, Sara ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Community development; Health equity; Health promotion; Managerialism; Neo liberalism; Primary health care; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; MANAGER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84987950712     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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