2004 Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 2_119-2_131
The termination of a policy is considered an important step for correcting existing policies and allocating resources efficiently. Health policy change/termination can not always proceed automatically and smoothly, in accordance with science. Its obstacles come from the properties and social contexts of scientific knowledge, from the political factors affecting policy process, and from the failure of the mechanisms linking between them. The paper addresses these factors, along with possible remedies.