Integrating equity into health information systems: A human rights approach to health and information

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 0299-0301

  Bambas, Lexi ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 19344376169     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020102     Document Type: Review

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