Social justice and core competencies for public health: Improving the fit

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-132

  Edwards, Nancy C ^a   Davison, Colleen MacLean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human rights; Public health; Social justice

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HUMAN; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 41749089145     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405460     Document Type: Article

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