Global health and human rights : legal and philosophical perspectives / / edited by John Harrington and Maria Stuttaford
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| Titolo: |
Global health and human rights : legal and philosophical perspectives / / edited by John Harrington and Maria Stuttaford
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.101 |
| Soggetto topico: | Right to health |
| Human rights | |
| Altri autori: |
HarringtonJohn <1969->
StuttafordMaria
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The place of the human right to health and contemporary approaches to global justice: Some impertinent interrogations; 3 Developing and applying the right to the highest attainable standard of health: The role of the UN Special Rapporteur (2002-2008); 4 What future for the minimum core?: Contextualising the implications of South African socioeconomic rights jurisprudence for the international human right to health |
| 5 The ancillary-care responsibilities of researchers: Reasonable but not great expectations6 Human rights and health sector corruption; 7 The child's right to health and the courts; 8 The World Health Organization, the evolution of human rights, and the failure to achieve Health for All; 9 The human right to health in an age of market hegemony; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The right to health, having been previously neglected is now being deployed more and more often in litigation, activism and policy-making across the world. International bodies such as the WHO, UNAIDS, World Bank and WTO are increasingly using or being evaluated with reference to health rights, and international NGOs frequently use the language of rights in campaigning and in more concrete litigation.This book brings together an impressive array of internationally renowned scholars in the areas of law, philosophy and health policy to critically interrogate the development of r |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Global health and human rights |
| ISBN: | 1-136-96372-3 |
| 1-136-96373-1 | |
| 1-282-62931-X | |
| 9786612629310 | |
| 0-203-85063-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791124903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge Research in Human Rights Law