| Realizing the Right to Health Contributor(s): Clapham, Andrew (Editor), Robinson, Mary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3907625455 ISBN-13: 9783907625453 Publisher: Ruffer & Rub Sachbuchverlag OUR PRICE: $114.48 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2012 Annotation: Realizing the right to health requires a strong focus on strengthening health care systems and transforming health systems for women. Taking a human rights approach to health means understanding the underlying social determinants of this right, as well as ensuring the right to health is realized in times of emergency and armed conflict, and for all groups in society, including migrants and refugees, LGBTI persons, prisoners and detainees, and others. In this third volume of the Swiss Human Rights Book series, leading international experts in human rights and health address issues such as access to essential medicines, HIV/AIDS, trade and health, SARS and malaria, and human rights approaches to other key health challenges. They address the role of governments, non-state actors and healthcare practitioners, the responses of multilateral institutions, and highlight some of the most promising strategies for realizing the right to health. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical |
| Series: Swiss Human Rights Book |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.15 lbs) 576 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Realizing the right to health requires a strong focus on strengthening health care systems and transforming health systems for women. Taking a human rights approach to health means understanding the underlying social determinants of this right, as well as how to ensure the right to health is realized in times of emergency and armed conflict, and for all groups in society, including migrants and refugees, indigenous people, prisoners and detainees, and others. In this third volume of the Swiss Human Rights Book series, leading international experts in human rights and health address is-sues such as access to essential medicines and HIV/AIDS, trade and health, SARS and malaria, and human rights approaches to other key health chal-lenges. They address the role of governments, non-state actors and health-care practitioners, and the responses of multinational institutions, and overview some of the strategies for realizing the right to health. |