Health and Human Rights: Basic International Documents, Second Edition (Harvard Series on Health And Human Rights) - Softcover

 
9780674023772: Health and Human Rights: Basic International Documents, Second Edition (Harvard Series on Health And Human Rights)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0674023773 ISBN 13: 9780674023772
Publisher: FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, 2006

Synopsis

This collection of texts is updated and expanded from the first edition to provide the practitioner, scholar, and advocate with access to the most basic instruments of international law and policy that express the values of human rights for advancing health. The topics covered 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 book will be an indispensable reference work.

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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
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674023773
ISBN 13 
9780674023772
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
318
Editor
Marks Stephen P.

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