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Autore: |
Bhattacharya Dru.
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Titolo: |
Global health disputes and disparities : a critical appraisal of international law and population health / / Dru Bhattacharya
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
Disciplina: | 616.85/82 |
Soggetto topico: | Social medicine |
Health - Social aspects | |
Medical policy | |
Social justice | |
Equality - Health aspects | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Global Health Disputesand Disparities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to international law and global health; 2. A critical assessment of treaty-monitoring bodies: A case study of CEDAW's Optional Protocol; Introduction; I. Proposed legal framework for considering a communication; A. Parsing individual and structural conceptions of remedies; B. Form and substance of Committee review and deliberations; C. On the nature and scope of general recommendations; II. Examining the Optional Protocol in practice |
A. Review of the allegations, violations, and reasons employedB. Interpretive trends and the utility of the proposed legal framework; C. Applying the framework to a health-related claim: abortion; III. Conclusion; Key international law and public health questions; 3. Perspectives from the field: A conversation with George Annas, J.D., M.P.H., Chair, Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights; William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor; 4. At the intersection of law, human rights, and religion: A case study in female autonomy in Hinduism and Islam; Introduction | |
I. Trends in unsafe abortions and female decision-making capacityA. Public health burden and impact on women in India; B. Public health burden and impact on women in Pakistan; II. Legal instruments and derogation from human rights obligations; A. Declarations and reservations to CEDAW; B. Indian unconstitutional agenda furthered by conflicting laws and rulings; C. Pervasive problems amidst an incoherent legal framework in Pakistan; III. Reconciling human rights, religion, and social justice; A. Muddupalani's Radhika Santawanam and [post] colonial patriarchy | |
B. The parameters of female autonomy and sexuality in foundational texts: The MahabharataC. The principle of awliyah and the exercise of female autonomy; D. Utilizing religion to promote human rights andfunctional capabilities; IV. Recommendations for ethical, legal and structural reform; V. Conclusion; Suggested Further Reading; 5. Perspectives from the field: A conversation with Benjamin Meier, Ph.D., J.D., LL.M., Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; 6. Trade and health: Emergent paradigms and case studies in infectious diseases | |
IntroductionI. Indonesia's withdrawal of H1N1 viral samples; A. Conceptual fallacy of the most stable nation status; B. An overview of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and the IHR; II. Securing global health interests cannot be traced to the Doha Declaration or the IHR; A. HIV/AIDS and access: The South African experience; B. The Doha Declaration and public health emergencies; C. NPIs are not a long-term solution to contain infectious diseases; D. SARS and XDR-TB: Aggressive implementation of NPIs may compound health problems and threaten fundamental human rights | |
III. State epidemic control and use of biological materials | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Global Health Disputes and Disparities explores inequalities in health around the world, looking particularly at the opportunity for, and limitations of, international law to promote population health by examining its intersection with human rights, trade, and epidemiology, and the controversial issues of legal process, religion, access to care, and the social context of illness. Using a theoretical framework rooted in international law, this volume draws on a wide range of rich empirical data to assess the challenges facing the field, including international legal tr |
Titolo autorizzato: | Global health disputes and disparities ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-203-08091-2 |
1-283-87153-X | |
1-136-17041-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910779432203321 |
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