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‘We've moved away from disability as a health issue, it's a human rights issue’: reflecting on 10 years of the right to equality in South Africa

Marion Heap Health and Human Rights Division, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, Republic of South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Theresa Lorenzo School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
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Jacky Thomas Health and Human Rights Division, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, Republic of South Africa
Pages 857-868 | Received 04 Sep 2008, Accepted 22 Dec 2008, Published online: 16 Nov 2009

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