Global health rights: Employing human rights to develop and implement the framework convention on global health

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-31

  Gable, Lance ^a   Meier, Benjamin Mason ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN RIGHTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 84890325989     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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