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Medical Committee for Human Rights: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

John Dittmer, The Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care (2009), chronicles the history and significance of the MCHR. Lily M. Hoffman, The Politics of Knowledge: Activist Movements in Medicine and Planning (1989), provides background information on the MCHR and its successes and failures in medical activism.

Kara Rogers

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  • Kara Rogers
    Kara Rogers is the senior editor of biomedical sciences at Encyclopædia Britannica, where she oversees a range of content from medicine and genetics to microorganisms. She joined Britannica in 2006 and has been a member of the National Association of Science Writers since 2009.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2023
Add new Web site: American Medical Association Journal of Ethics - The Medical Committee for Human Rights. Nov 30, 2015
Add new Web site: Civil Rights Movement Veterans - The Medical Committee for Human Rights. Nov 30, 2015
New article added. Jul 16, 2010
New bibliography added. Jul 16, 2010
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