Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity: Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter

by Alicia Ely Yamin

Book Overview

Directed at a diverse audience of students, legal and public health practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding what human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to health and development mean and why they matter, Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity provides a solid foundation for comprehending what a human rights framework implies and the potential for social transformation it entails. Applying a human rights framework to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223985
• ISBN13: 9780812223989
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"