Health and human rights : basic international documents / edited by Stephen P. Marks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, issuing body.

Marks, Stephen P., 1943- editor, compiler.

Series:

Harvard series on health and human rights

Standardized Title:

Health and human rights (François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health--Social aspects.

Health.

Human rights--Health aspects.

Human rights.

Medical policy--Social aspects.

Medical policy.

Right to health.

Medical laws and legislation.

Legislation, Medical.

Health Policy--legislation & jurisprudence.

Health Services Accessibility--legislation & jurisprudence.

Human Rights--legislation & jurisprudence.

Medical Subjects:

Legislation, Medical.

Health Policy--legislation & jurisprudence.

Health Services Accessibility--legislation & jurisprudence.

Human Rights--legislation & jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

xvi, 551 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard University, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, [2012]

Summary:

"This collection of basic texts on health and human rights is designed to provide the practitioner, scholar, and advocate with easy access to key instruments of international law and policy that express the values of human rights for advancing health. This is a revised and expanded third edition, building on the first and second editions published in 2004 and 2006 respectively. It is part of the Series on Health and Human Rights produced at the Harvard School of Public Health and distributed by Harvard University Press."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Introduction

I. Basic texts in human rights : A. International Bill of Human Rights

B. Major interpretations and statements on human rights

II. Basic texts in bioethics : A. Professional ethics

B. Research and experimentation

C. Bioethics and biotechnology

III. Basic texts on the right to health : A. UN texts on the right to health

B. Regional texts on the right to health

C. Other general texts on health and human rights

IV. Protection of life and physical integrity : A. The right to life

B. Freedom from torture and other forms of abuse

C. Disappearances and summary and extra-judicial execution

D. Armed conflict, crimes against humanity, and genocide

V. Health aspects of the right to an adequate standard of living (Other than the right to health)

A. The right to an adequate standard of living in general

B.The rights to adequate food, water and sanitation, adequate housing, and education

VI. Health and human rights of vulnerable populations : A. Women and reproductive health

B. Children

C. Mental health and disabilities

D. Migration and trafficked persons

E. Elder persons

F. Other vulnerable populations

VII. Human rights aspect of health policy : A. Infectious diseases

B. Business, trade, and intellectual property

C. Non-communicable diseases and health harms

VIII. Protection of the environment

B. Human rights and sustainable development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780674073326

0674073320

OCLC:

820637227

Publisher Number:

99996869356