Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic

by Lawrence O. Gostin and Zita Lazzarini

A penetrating analysis of the close relationship between public health and human rights, this book makes a compelling case for synergy between the two fields. Using the AIDS pandemic as a lens, the authors demonstrate that health is closely related to human dignity and individual rights--human rights cannot be deemed adequate and comprehensive without ensuring the health of individuals. In the course of their analysis, Gostin and Lazzarini tackle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195114426
• ISBN13: 9780195114423
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"