Health inequities and social justice : ttthe moral foundations of public health;Gesundheitliche Ungleichheit und soziale Gerechtigkeit. Die moralischen Grundlagen von Public Health

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-157

  Faden, R R ^a,c   Powers, M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hampton House 352 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Poverty; Public health; Social justice; Systematic disadvantage; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORALITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORALS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 39649106134     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-008-0443-7     Document Type: Article

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