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. 1987;25(3):273-6.
doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90230-9.

Pharmaceuticals in the Third World: the local perspective

S van der Geest

Pharmaceuticals in the Third World: the local perspective

S van der Geest. Soc Sci Med. 1987.

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.

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