Rights-based approaches to health policies and programs: Articulations, ambiguities, and assessment

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-145

  Gruskin, Sofia ^a   Bogecho, Dina ^a   Ferguson, Laura ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rights; Policy; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY MAKING; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 77953603512     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2010.7     Document Type: Article

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