The right to health in times of economic crisis: Cuba's way

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9701, 2009, Pages 1575-1576

  de Vos, Pol ^a   Van der Stuyft, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CYTOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CUBA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY;

CUBA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT RIGHTS;

EID: 71049183114     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61920-6     Document Type: Note

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