Bringing justice to unacceptable health care services? Street-level reflections from urban South Africa

International Journal of Transitional Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-161

  Harris, Bronwyn ^a,b   Eyles, John ^a,c   Penn kekana, Loveday ^a,d   Fried, Jana ^e,f   Nyathela, Harry ^a   Thomas, Liz ^a,b   Goudge, Jane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Institutional reform; Restorative justice; Social reconstruction; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894371038     PISSN: 17527716     EISSN: 17527724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijtj/ijt028     Document Type: Article

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