Constitutional rights to health, public health and medical care: The status of health protections in 191 countries

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 639-653

  Heymann, Jody ^a   Cassola, Adèle ^b   Raub, Amy ^a   Mishra, Lipi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

constitutions; health care; medical care; public health; right to health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE EAST; MONITORING; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84880956504     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.810765     Document Type: Article

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