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

ISBN 10: 0674023773 / ISBN 13: 9780674023772

Published by FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Health and Human Rights: Basic International Documents, Second Edition (Harvard Series on Health And Human Rights)
• Publisher: FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674023773
• ISBN 13: 9780674023772
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

Stephen P. Marks is François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights and Director of the Program on Human Rights in Development in the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard School of Public Health.