Role of the courts in the progressive realization of the right to health: Between the threat and the promise of judicialization in Mexico

Health Systems and Reform

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 229-234

  Daniels, Norman ^a   Charvel, Sofia ^b   Gelpi, Adriane H ^c   Porteny, Thalia ^d   Urrutia, Julian ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84964783999     PISSN: 23288604     EISSN: 23288620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2014.1002705     Document Type: Article

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