Poverty, equity, human rights and health

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 539-545

  Braveman, Paula ^a   Gruskin, Sofia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care sector organization and administration; Health services accessibility ethics; Health Status; Human rights; Intersectoral cooperation; Poverty; Public policy; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; POVERTY;

CONCEPT FORMATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 0042848528     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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