Judicialisation of the right to health in Brazil

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9682, 2009, Pages 2182-2184

  Biehl, João ^a   Petryna, Adriana ^b   Gertner, Alex ^a   Amon, Joseph J ^c   Picon, Paulo D ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Human Rights Watch   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LAW; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT RIGHT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67649223755     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61172-7     Document Type: Note

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