Health as freedom: Addressing social determinants of global health inequities through the human right to development

Bioethics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-122

  Fox, Ashley M ^a,b   Meier, Benjamin Mason ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Globalization; Human rights; Neoliberal development policy; Right to development; Right to health; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

ECONOMICS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 58149279110     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00718.x     Document Type: Review

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