Health Rights

Selgelid, M. J. and Pogge, T. (eds)

ISBN 10: 0754627942 / ISBN 13: 9780754627944

Published by Ashgate, 2010

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1200grams, ISBN:9780754627944. Seller Inventory # 8964125

Synopsis:

Health Rights is a multidisciplinary collection of seminal papers examining ethical, legal, and empirical questions regarding the human right to health or health care. The volume discusses what obligations health rights entail for governments and other actors, how they relate to and potentially conflict with other rights and values, and how cultural diversity bears on the formulation and implementation of health rights. The paramount importance of such questions is illustrated, among other things, by the catastrophic health situation in developing countries and current debates about the TRIPS Agreement and health care reform in the United States. The volume is divided into five main parts which focus on philosophical questions about the bases for the right to health or health care; links between health and human rights; global bioethics and public health ethics; intellectual property rights in pharmaceuticals; and finally health rights issues arising in specific contexts such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and gender.

About the Author: Michael J. Selgelid is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia and Thomas Pogge, Professor, Yale University, USA and The Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University, Australia

Bibliographic Details

Title: Health Rights
Publisher: Ashgate
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good