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Thesaurus search results for 'POLICY': 21 results found.


CANADIAN POLICY RESEARCH NETWORK (Search for related entries in the library)

ECONOMIC POLICY (Search for related entries in the library)

EMPLOYMENT POLICY (Search for related entries in the library)

FAMILY POLICY (Search for related entries in the library)

FISCAL POLICY (Search for related entries in the library)

GOVERNMENT POLICY 

HEALTH CARE POLICY (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Defined by the World Health Organization as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society".

HEALTHCARE POLICY 

IMMIGRATION POLICY 

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION POLICY (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Policy that governs who enters a country and under which legal status. There are a range of permanent and temporary legal statuses.

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