Global health and the law

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1732-1740

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Sridhar, Devi ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SANITATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFLUENZA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PANDEMIC;

HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONALITY; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; PANDEMICS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84899729196     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1314094     Document Type: Review

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