Global Health: Evolving Meanings

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-309

  Velji, Anvar ^a,b   Bryant, John H ^c,d  

^a Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Definition(s) of global health; Geographic medicine; Global health; Global health ethics; Global health human rights; International health; New (transitional) international health; What is global health?

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79957660623     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2011.02.004     Document Type: Review

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