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In The Human Right to Health, acclaimed philosopher Jonathan Wolff examines the case for and against enshrining health as a basic human right on par with widely accepted (and championed) rights like freedom of speech and freedom from torture. The notion of a right to health has inspired fevered debate both in the internaional community and within the U.S., where health care reform has become a passionate issue. Wolff, with a columnist's touch, cleverly explores both sides of the debate to find a clear path forward. In an accessible, persuasive voice, he explores the philosophical underpinnings for how we might define a human right and the political and cultural realities that we must face in trying to provide better qualities of life to citizens in wildly varying regions. Never ideological, Wolff considers both the benefits and the costs of trying to universalize a right to health, and ultimately finds that while the case for human rights to health is extremely promising, its advocates need to bolster both the intellectual arguments that underlie the claim and offer a serious program of practical steps that would allow it to be realized in practice. The Human Right to Health is a powerful and important contribution to the dicourse on global health standards.
| Introduction: The Human Right to Health Dilemma | p. xiii |
| The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | p. 1 |
| Background | p. 1 |
| Declarations, Covenants, and Constitutions | p. 5 |
| Progressive Realization and Core Obligations | p. 9 |
| The Human Right to Health and Its Critics | p. 13 |
| Rights, Humanitarianism, and Power | p. 13 |
| Rights and Human Rights | p. 16 |
| Philosophical ChaUenges | p. 18 |
| General Comment 14 | p. 27 |
| The Human Right to Health in Practice | p. 35 |
| HIV/AIDS and the Human Right to Health | p. 39 |
| The Awakening of the Human Right to Health | p. 39 |
| HIV/AIDS Discovery and Response | p. 41 |
| Access to Treatment | p. 53 |
| HIV/AIDS and Haitians in the United States | p. 59 |
| The Global Spread of HIV/AIDS: Africa | p. 67 |
| The Hidden Cost of Treating HIV/AIDS | p. 85 |
| Conclusion | p. 86 |
| Problems and Prospects | p. 92 |
| The World Bank and Health Systems | p. 94 |
| TRIPS and the Price of Medicines | p. 100 |
| The Health Brain Drain | p. 108 |
| Research Ethics | p. 114 |
| Maternal Mortality and Newborn Survival | p. 123 |
| Conclusion | p. 128 |
| Where Next? | p. 130 |
| Emerging Campaigns | p. 130 |
| Governance and Activism | p. 132 |
| Conclusion | p. 137 |
| Notes | p. 141 |
| Further Reading | p. 161 |
| Bibliography | p. 165 |
| Acknowledgment | p. 179 |
| Index | p. 181 |
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ISBN: 9780393063356
ISBN-10: 0393063356
Series: Norton Global Ethics Series
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 144
Published: 20th February 2012
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 21.7 x 15.0
x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.35
Edition Number: 1
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