Foundations of global health & human rights / Lawrence O. Gostin and Benjamin Mason Meier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gostin, Lawrence O. (Lawrence Ogalthorpe), editor.

Meier, Benjamin Mason, editor.

Series:

Oxford public international law.

Oxford public international law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right to health.

World health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 467 pages): illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

A detailed understanding of the evolving relationship between global health and human rights, bringing together leading academics in the field to explain the norms and principles that define it, examine the methods and tools for implementing human rights to promote health, apply essential human rights to leading public health threats, and analyze rising human rights challenges in a rapidly globalizing world.

Contents:

Introduction : global health and human rights / Lawrence O. Gostin and Benjamin Mason Meier

The birth and development of human rights for health / Benjamin Mason Meier, Thérèse Murphy, and Lawrence O. Gostin

Global health law : legal foundations for social justice in public health / Lawrence O. Gostin, Matiangai V. S. Sirleaf, and Eric A. Friedman

The right to health and health-related human rights / John Tobin and Damon Barrett

The rights-based approach to health / Flavia Bustreo and Curtis F.J. Doebbler

Translating International Law into Domestic Law, Policy, and Practice / Gillian MacNaughton and Angela Duger

Human rights advocacy in global health / Joseph J. Amon and Eric Friedman

Monitoring and review to assess human rights implementation / Benjamin Mason Meier, Hanna Huffstetler, and Judith Bueno de Mesquita

Justiciability of human rights for health / Colleen M. Flood and Bryan Thomas

Advancing human rights through global health governance / Benjamin Mason Meier, Margherita Marianna Cinà, and Lawrence O. Gostin

Communicable diseases, health security, and human rights : from AIDS to Ebola / Sharifah Sekalala and John Harrington

Human rights and non-communicable diseases : controlling tobacco and promoting healthy diets / Brigit Toebes and David Patterson

The emergence of "new" health-related human rights : recognizing the human rights to water and sanitation / Benjamin Mason Meier and Inga T. Winkler

Chronic illness : disability and mental health / Oliver Lewis and Soumitra Pathare

Equity in health : sexual and reproductive health and rights / Terry McGovern and Aziza Ahmed

Health and human rights through development : the right to development, rights-based approach to development, and sustainable development goals / Stephen P. Marks and Alice Han

International trade, public health, and human rights / Chuang-Feng Wu and Chien-Huei Wu

Health and human rights in conflict and emergencies / Dabney P. Evans, Edward L. Queen, and Lara S. Martin

Human subjects in globalized health research / Andrés Constantin and Roberto Andorno

The environment, a changing climate, and planetary health / Alexandra L. Phelan

- Global health and human rights in the age of populism / Lawrence O. Gostin, Andrés Constantin, and Benjamin Mason Meier.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 22, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-752832-5

0-19-752833-3

0-19-752831-7