Health and human rights : global and European perspectives / Brigit Toebes, Mette Hartlev, Aart Hendriks, Katharina O Cathaoir, Janne Rothmar Herrmann, Henriette Sinding Aasen.
First edition titled: Health and human rights in Europe. "While the 2012 edition had its focus on Europe, this edition has a broader scope, also taking into account global perspectives"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Chapter 14. Conclusions / Chapter 1. Introducing health and human rights : global and European perspectives / Aart Hendriks. Chapter 2. The right to health : central concepts / Brigit Toebes and Katharina O Cathaoir -- Chapter 3. Human rights principles and patient rights / Henriette Sinding Aasen and Mette Hartlev -- Part II. Legal framework -- Chapter 4. UN institutions and health and human rights / Katharina O Cathaoir -- Chapter 5. The Council of Europe / Aart Hendriks -- Chapter 6. The European Union : a health and human rights perspective / Janne Rothmar Herrmann, Katharina O Cathaoir and Brigit Toebes -- Part III. Selected topics -- Chapter 7. Access to health / Mette Hartlev -- Chapter 8. Vulnerability and autonomy : competing ideas in human rights / Henriette Sinding Aasen -- Chapter 9. Disability / Aart Hendriks -- Chapter 10. Reproductive health / Janne Rothmar Herrmann -- Chapter 11. Death and dying / Aart Hendroks -- Chapter 12. Digital healthcare technologies and human rights / Katharina O Cathaoir -- Chapter 13. Public health and human rights / Brigit Toebes and Katharina O Cathaoir -- Part IV. Conclusions, challenges and recommendations -- Chapter 14. Conclusions / Aart Hendriks.
Summary:
"'Health and human rights' is an important dimension of international and European human rights and health law. It is multi-disciplinary, engaging scholars and practitioners of public health and medicine, as well as legal scholars and human rights lawyers. Taking a 'health and human rights approach' means applying international, regional and domestic human rights law to a wide range of health-related issues. Human rights law informs other areas of law that engage with health issues, including international and domestic health law, biolaw and bioethics, patients' rights, and environmental law. It brings a new, and often more international, as well as a moral dimension to existing legal analyses of health issues. This is essential in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world, where health concerns are omnipresent and can no longer be addressed solely at a domestic level. This book focuses on the legal interfaces between 'health' and 'human rights', taking both a global as well as a European approach. Globally, there are tremendous challenges when it comes to the protection of collective and individual health. Such challenges include weak (primary) healthcare systems, the spread of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, and the increase of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), as well as the health effects of air pollution and climate change."-- Provided by publisher.
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