Healthcare as a Human Rights Issue : Normative Profile, Conflicts and Implementation /

This book deals with various facets of the human right to health: its normative profile as a universal right, current political and legal conflicts and contextualized implementation in different healthcare systems. The authors come from different countries and disciplines - law, political science, e...

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Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Bielefeldt, Heiner (Editor), Frewer, Andreas (Editor), Klotz, Sabine (Editor), Schmidhuber, Martina (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2018]
Subjects:	Human rights. Medical supplies. Medical care. Public health. Health services accessibility. Health Services Accessibility Helathcare Disparities. Health Equity Human Rights Moral Obligations Equipment and Supplies Public Health Patient Care Global Health. Healthcare System. Human Rights and Ethics in Global Health. Human Rights and Ethics in Healthcare Practice. Human Rights. Human. Law. Medical Ethics. Medicine. Right to Health. Sociology of Medicine. Sociology. The Right to Health. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Matériel médical. Santé publique. Services de santé > Accessibilité. Soins médicaux. public health. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues. Health services accessibility Human rights Medical care Medical supplies Public health Electronic books.
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Summary:	This book deals with various facets of the human right to health: its normative profile as a universal right, current political and legal conflicts and contextualized implementation in different healthcare systems. The authors come from different countries and disciplines - law, political science, ethics, medicine et cetera - and bring together a broad variety of academic and practical perspectives. The volume contains selected contributions of the international conference "The Right to Health - an Empty Promise?" held in September 2015 in Berlin and organized by the Emerging Field Initiative Project "Human Rights in Healthcare" (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg).
Physical Description:	1 online resource
ISBN:	3839440548 9783839440544