Why and how is health a human right?

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9655, 2008, Pages 2010-

  Sen, Amartya ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 57349169173     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61784-5     Document Type: Note

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