Making rights more relevant for health professionals

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9728, 2010, Pages 1764-1765

  George, Asha ^a   Chopra, Mickey ^a   Seymour, Daniel ^a   Marchi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 77952338655     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62102-4     Document Type: Note

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