The normative authority of the World Health Organization

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 854-863

  Gostin, L O ^a   Sridhar, D ^b   Hougendobler, D ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global governance; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEADERSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BUDGET; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; JUSTICE; LAW; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONALIZATION; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HEALTH; ORGANIZATION;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84941600558     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.05.002     Document Type: Review

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