Health disparities and health equity: The issue is justice

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Braveman, Paula A ^a   Kumanyika, Shiriki ^b   Fielding, Jonathan ^c   LaVeist, Thomas ^d   Borrell, Luisa N ^e   Manderscheid, Ron ^f   Troutman, Adewale ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f National Association of County Behavioral Health   (United States)

^g Department of Public Health and Wellness ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 81355143918     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300062     Document Type: Article

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