Health and Human Rights: A Reader

Book Overview

Health and Human Rights: A Reader, including contributions by doctors, lawyers and government representatives, is the first comprehensive anthology of essays in this new field to address the balance... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415921023
• ISBN13: 9780415921022
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A must for public health professionals

This book presents a terrific introduction to the role of human rights in public health practice. While quite accessible, some may wish to augment this book with additional readings- perhaps Just Health Care by Normal Daniels?

Good Reference

This book was pretty thorough for documenting health and human rights in several areas of the world, apart from those in the middle east. A gross omission was the case of Iraq. It had an appendix with the declaration of human rights (plus others) for those interested in the "ideal" Otherwise, it was a great introduction into health and human rights.