Pharmaceuticals in the Third World: The local perspective
- 31 December 1987
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Social Science & Medicine
- Vol. 25 (3), 273-276
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(87)90230-9
Abstract
This introduction is a plea in favour of social field research into the local context of the distribution and use of pharmaceuticals in developing countries. This local perspective is conspicuously absent in studies and policy recommendations concerning drug use in the Third World.Keywords
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