Grand challenges in global health: The ethical, social and cultural program

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1440-1444

  Singer, Peter A ^a   Taylor, Andrew D ^b   Daar, Abdallah S ^b   Upshur, Ross E G ^b   Singh, Jerome A ^b,c,d   Lavery, James V ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENGUE VIRUS; ETHICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34848902629     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040265     Document Type: Review

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