Powerful ideas?: Decolonisation and the future of global health

Summary box - Calls to ‘decolonise’ global health have intensified in recent years, as reflected in the rapid growth of the academic literature on this concept.1-6 This body of work (henceforth: ’the literature‘) draws on the conceptual frameworks and interpretive lenses of Critical Race Theory and...

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Main Authors: Hellowell, Mark (Author) , Schwerdtle, Patricia (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 21 January 2022
In: BMJ global health
Year: 2022, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-4
ISSN:2059-7908
DOI:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006924
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006924
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Author Notes:Mark Hellowell, Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle

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