Law and global health

by Aginam, Obijiofor Bennett, Belinda Freeman, Michael D. A. Hawkes, Sarah

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'Law and Global Health' is the latest volume in the 'Current Legal Issues' series. It contains a broad range of articles from scholars and public health experts discussing the interaction between law and public health in low-, and middle- and high-income countries.

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Full title :Law and global health. / edited by Michael Freeman, Sarah Hawkes and Belinda Bennett ; Obijiofor Aginam [and fifty four others], contributors.

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Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

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Includes index.

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Description:1 online resource (662 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191003455, 019100345X
oclc:ocn882262581
LC Classification:K3570
Dewey Decimal:344.04

""Cover""; ""Law and Global Health: Current Legal Issues""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Global Health: An Introduction""; ""Keynote Address: Justice and Global Health""; ""PART A: RIGHT TO HEALTH""; ""1: What is Health?""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Assumption 1: It Makes Sense to See Ourselves as Atomistic, Static Entities""; ""3. Assumption 2: Health is an Entirely Personal, Subjective Quality""

""4. Assumption 3: That the Desirable Norm is a Capacitous, Invulnerable Human, and Accordingly that Incapacity and Vulnerability """"5. So What?""; ""5.1 Making the â€?leakinessâ€? principle work: general considerations""; ""5.2 Healthcare resource allocation""; ""5.3 Leaky humans, leaky confidences""; ""5.4 Leaky skins and shared parts""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""2: Pathways Towards a Framework Convention on Global Health: Political Mobilization for the Human Right to Health""; ""1. Decade of Global Health: Progress Marred by Persistent Inequalities""

""2. The Joint Action and Learning Initiative on National and Global Responsibilities for Health""""2.1 What are the services and goods guaranteed to every person under th…