Government policies in violation of human rights as a barrier to professionalism

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-542

  Mateen, Farrah J ^a,b,c   Rubenstein, Leonard S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONALISM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 79961073374     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1082     Document Type: Note

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