Can human rights discourse improve the health of indigenous australians?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 448-452

  Gray, Natalle ^a   Bailie, Ross ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33750375122     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00462.x     Document Type: Article

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