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January 25, 2011

The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health: Failings in Human Rights, Drug Law, Disability Rights and Health

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Fifa Rahman
LLB (Hons) MHL (Master of Health Law) (Sydney)

Currently working on a PhD on intellectual property, international trade, and access to medicines at the University of Leeds.

I can be reached at: fifarahman@outlook.com or via twitter: @fifarahman

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The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics - Wiley Online Library

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Journal of Public Health Policy - Table of Contents

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Wiley Online Library

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Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal - Paperback

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International Journal of Drug Policy

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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

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Health Policy - Journal - Elsevier

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Fifa's books

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance

I bought this book because I wanted to understand the white working poor and the differences to poor Asian immigrants who soldier on and work hard and create doctors and lawyers and engineers, and why they would vote for Trump. I wanted ...