Globalization and social determinants of health : the role of the global marketplace (part 2 of 3)

LABONTÉ, Ronald
SCHRECKER, Ted

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June 2007
17 p

In this second article, several, often interacting clusters of pathways leading from globalisation to changes in social determinants of health that are relevant to health equity, are identified and described. These involve: trade liberalisation; the global reorganisation of production and labour markets; debt crises and economic restructuring; financial liberalisation; urban settings; influences that operate by way of the physical environment; and health systems changed by the global marketplace

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Globalization and Health
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2007, 3:6

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