Taking equality seriously: Applying human rights frameworks to priority setting in health

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 296-324

  Yamin, Alicia Ely ^a   Norheim, Ole Frithjof ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 84901050798     PISSN: 02750392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2014.0027     Document Type: Article

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