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01-09-2019 | Editorial

Neo-Liberalism, Austerity and the Political Determinants of Health

Author: A. M. Viens

Published in: Health Care Analysis | Issue 3/2019

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Medicine is a social science, and politics nothing but medicine at a larger scale.

Rudolf Virchow

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Title: Neo-Liberalism, Austerity and the Political Determinants of Health
Author: A. M. Viens
Publication date: 01-09-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Health Care Analysis / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1065-3058
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3394
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-019-00377-7

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