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How Neoliberalism Infiltrated Global Health
出版Univ of California Press, 2014-08-15
主題Social Science / Anthropology / GeneralMedical / Health Care DeliverySocial Science / Developing & Emerging Countries
ISBN05202828339780520282834
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3gYlDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Neoliberalism has been the defining paradigm in global health since the latter part of the twentieth century. What started as an untested and unproven theory that the creation of unfettered markets would give rise to political democracy led to policies that promoted the belief that private markets were the optimal agents for the distribution of social goods, including health care.

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