Global Health as a Field of Power Relations: A Response to Recent Commentaries
Actors working in global health often portray it as an enterprise grounded in principled concerns, advanced by individuals and organizations who draw on scientific evidence to pursue health equity. This portrait is incomplete. It is also a field of power relations—a social arena in which actors clai...
Main Author: | Jeremy Shiffman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences
2015-07-01
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Series: | International Journal of Health Policy and Management |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_3033_00a2c4413237275dbc014f7a65af45bb.html |
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