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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Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Healthcare in the Spectrum of Human Rights. An Introduction / Bielefeldt, Heiner / Klotz, Sabine / Schmidhuber, Martina / Frewer, Andreas
I. NORMATIVE PROFILE OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
The Human Right to Health / Krennerich, Michael
The Minimum Core Approach to the Right to Health / Müller, Amrei
Conceptualising Minimum Core Obligations under the Right to Health. How Should We Define and Implement the Morality of the Depths? / Forman, Lisa / Caraoshi, Luljeta / Chapman, Audrey R. / Lamprea, Everaldo
The Right to Health and the Global Rise of Non-Communicable Diseases / Toebes, Brigit
The Human Right to Health and Primary Health Care (PHC) Policies / Bruchhausen, Walter
II. EMPIRICAL VULNERABILITIES AND CONFLICTS
Using EquiFrame and EquIPP to Support and Evaluate the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Conscientious Objection in the Medical Sector / Bielefeldt, Heiner
The Implications of the Right to Health for Border Management / Flegar, Veronika / Veys, Marie-Noëlle
Prevention of Torture and Cruel or Inhuman and Degrading Treatment in Healthcare / Es, Adriaan Van
III. IMPLEMENTATION IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
The Right to Health and the Post-2015 Health and Sustainable Development Goal Agenda / Brolan, Claire E.
Mapping Constitutional Commitments on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights / Pizzarossa, Lucía Berro / Perehudoff, Katrina S.
Emergency Treatment after Potential HIV-Exposure / Wirth, Mathias
The Case Law on the Right to Health as an Example and as a Problem / Clérico, Laura / Vita, Leticia
IV. THERAPISTS AS ADVOCATES THE EXAMPLE OF HELEN BAMBER
Human Rights in Practice / Witkin, Rachel
Therapists as Advocates / Regner, Freihart / Witkin, Rachel
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