Human rights, transitional justice, public health and social reconstruction

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-105

  Pham, Phuong Ngoc ^a,b   Vinck, Patrick ^a,b   Weinstein, Harvey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex emergency; Democratic Republic of Congo; Human rights; Social reconstruction; Transitional justice; Trauma; Uganda; War

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONGO; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JUSTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WAR;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 70649114607     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.039     Document Type: Article

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