Commentary: Against unjust global distribution of power and money: The report of the WHO commission on the social determinants of health: Global inequality and the future of public health policy

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-175

  Muntaner, Carles ^a   Sridharan, Sanjeev ^a   Solar, Orielle ^b   Benach, Joan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Global inequality; Health inequalities; Health policy; Interventions; WHO social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67749144129     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2009.15     Document Type: Review

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