Violations of human rights: health practitioners as witnesses

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9588, 2007, Pages 698-704

  Orbinski, James ^a   Beyrer, Chris ^b   Singh, Sonal ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; WITNESS;

EID: 34548034883     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61346-4     Document Type: Review

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