Health impact assessment, human rights and global public policy: a critical appraisal

Public policy decisions in both the social and economic spheres have enormous impact on global public health. As a result of this, and of the skewed global distribution of power and resources, health impact assessment (HIA) potentially has a key role to play in foreign policy-making and global publi...

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Main Authors: Alex Scott-Samuel, Eileen O'Keefe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2007-03-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000300015&lng=en&tlng=en