The human right to health : solidarity in the era of healthcare commercialization / Eduardo Arenas Catalán.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arenás Catalan, Eduardo, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar studies in health and the law.

Elgar studies in health and the law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services accessibility.

Medical care, Cost of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This timely book offers a fresh perspective on how to effectively address the issue of unequal access to healthcare. It analyses the human right to health from the underexplored legal principle of solidarity, proposing a new understanding of the positive obligations inherent in the right to health. Combining human rights law, public health and social theory, Eduardo Arenas Catalan demonstrates that when interpreted in line with the principle of solidarity, the right to health should be viewed as a non-commercial right. Arenas Catalán argues that the right to health's functions are to challenge the commodification of healthcare and to advance free-of-charge public healthcare services. Moreover, through a critical analysis of classical jurisprudence concerning the right to health, the book delivers a searing indictment of the effects of neoliberal capitalism and commercialization on human rights. This thought-provoking book will be of interest to scholars and students of law, in particular international human rights law, public international law and legal theory, as well as social and public health researchers and students. Policy makers and legal practitioners will also find its original analysis of solidarity in the context of human rights and the law useful"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. Human rights and commercialization

2. The predominant interpretation of the right to health

3. Solidarity and health

4. The right to health as a social right

5. The adjudication of the right to health

6. Solidarity and the right to health: Provision and financing of healthcare

7. Conclusions

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781788979658

1788979656

OCLC:

1257307460