Human rights in health systems frameworks: What is there, what is missing and why does it matter?

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-351

  Gruskin, Sofia ^a,c   Ahmed, Shahira ^a   Bogecho, Dina ^a   Ferguson, Laura ^a   Hanefeld, Johanna ^b   MacCarthy, Sarah ^a   Raad, Zyde ^a   Steiner, Riley ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; equity; health systems; human rights; policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859497409     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.651733     Document Type: Article

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