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Health Inequalities, Social Justice, and the Limits of Liberalism

Understanding Health Inequalities and Justice: New Conversations across the Disciplines. Edited by Mara Buchbinder, Michele Rivkin-Fish, Rebecca L. Walker, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2016, 350 pp

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  2. Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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Wamsley, D., Chin-Yee, B. Health Inequalities, Social Justice, and the Limits of Liberalism. J Urban Health 95, 750–753 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-018-0235-9

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