Health and Human Rights: Basic International Documents - Softcover

Marks, Stephen P.

 
9780674018099: Health and Human Rights: Basic International Documents
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0674018095 ISBN 13: 9780674018099
Publisher: FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, 2005

Synopsis

This collection of texts provides the practitioner, scholar, and advocate with easy access to the most basic instruments of international law and policy that express the values of human rights for advancing health. It is the first in a series on health and human rights from the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. Topics include: professional ethics; research and experimentation; treatment of prisoners and detainees; patients' rights; right to health; right to life; freedom from torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; the right to an adequate standard of living; women and reproductive health; children; persons with disabilities; rights of older persons; infectious diseases; business, trade, and intellectual property; occupational health and safety; biotechnology; and protection of the environment. This work will be an indispensable reference for students and professors in courses covering the intersection of health and human rights.

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About the Author

Stephen P. Marks is the François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health

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Publisher
FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674018095
ISBN 13 
9780674018099
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
300

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