Using the human rights paradigm in health ethics: The problems and the possibilities

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-195

  Austin, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ethics; health; human rights; right to health

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039781466     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973300100800304     Document Type: Article

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