A perspective on the history of health and human rights: From the cold war to the gold war

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-53

  Tarantola, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold war; Globalization; Health and human rights; HIV; Human rights; Right to health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 41249093725     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200159     Document Type: Article

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