Advancing health equity in the global marketplace: How human rights can help

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1520-1526

  Schrecker, Ted ^a   Chapman, Audrey R ^b   Labonté, Ronald ^a   De Vogli, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalization; Human rights; Neoliberalism; Social determinants of health; Social policy

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ADVOCACY; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; COURT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; GLOBAL HEALTH;

EID: 77956647456     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.042     Document Type: Article

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