Venezuela: Violence, human rights, and health-care realities

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9933, 2014, Pages 1967-

  Oletta, José Félix ^a   Orihuela, Rafael Angel ^b   Pulido, Pablo ^c   Walter, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c PanAmerican Federation of Associations of Medical Schools   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; DEATH; DENGUE; FUNDING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; LETTER; MALARIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STUDENT; TORTURE; VENEZUELA; VIOLENCE; CIVIL DISORDER; NOTE; STANDARD;

CIVIL DISORDERS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS;

EID: 84901833785     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60532-8     Document Type: Letter

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