Promoting equity in health through research and understanding

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-95

  Starfield, Barbara ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 2342647459     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8731.2004.00068.x     Document Type: Review

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