Broken promises and/or techno dreams? the future of health and social services in Europe

Foresight

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 281-291

  Saritas, Ozcan ^a   Keenan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographics; European Union; Health services; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644264044     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680410562981     Document Type: Review

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