Health science faculties -how committed are they to building a culture of human rights in health?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 923-924

  Baldwin Ragaven, Laurel ^a   De Gruchy, Jeanelle ^b   Lewin, Simon ^c   Walaza, Nomfundo ^d  

^a Health and Human Rights Project Cape Town   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Trauma Ctr Victims Violence Torture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN RIGHTS; LETTER; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031659502     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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