The right to sutures: Social epidemiology, human rights, and social justice

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-16

  Venkatapuram, Sridhar ^a   Bell, Ruth ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICINE; PLANNING METHOD; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78650795067     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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