Strengthening Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities: A Human Rights Approach as the Essential Next Step to Accelerating Global Progress.

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

From the Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Lucerne and Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland (DS, JB); and Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region, Human Rights in Patients Care Program, Brussels, Belgium (DS).

Published: October 2015

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