Health Care Patterns and Planning in Developing Countries - Hardcover

 
9780313267451: Health Care Patterns and Planning in Developing Countries
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0313267456 ISBN 13: 9780313267451
Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group, 1991

Synopsis

This collection of original essays addresses the issue of health care in the Third World, focusing on its spatial organization, the levels of inequality, and the socioeconomic and political forces that govern its delivery in different countries. Unlike other books on this topic, this work draws on investigative studies conducted in Asian, African, and South American countries, describing the need for realistic health care planning and offering some directions that countries might take to achieve this end.

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About the Author

RAIS AKHTAR is Head of the Department of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Kashmir in Srinagar, India, and is currently a member of the International Geographical Union Commission on Health and Development .

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Publisher
Greenwood Pub Group
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0313267456
ISBN 13 
9780313267451
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
360
Editor
Akhtar Rais