Health as human security in the occupied Palestinian territory

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9669, 2009, Pages 1133-1143

  Batniji, Rajaie ^a   Rabaia, Yoke ^b,c   Nguyen Gillham, Viet ^b,d   Giacaman, Rita ^b   Sarraj, Eyad ^e   Punamaki, Raija Leena ^f   Saab, Hana ^g   Boyce, Will ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE   (United States)

^e Gaza Community Mental Health Programme   (Palestine)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREAT; WELLBEING;

EID: 63149114820     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60110-0     Document Type: Review

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