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The Human Right to Health
Few topics in human rights have inspired as much debate as the right to health. Proponents would enshrine it as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of speech and freedom from torture. Detractors suggest that the movement constitutes an impractical over-reach. Jonathan Wolff cuts through the ideological stalemate to explore both views. In an accessible, persuasive voi...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
February 20th 2012
by W. W. Norton & Company
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Who would disagree with the fundamental right to human health? Jonathan frames the legal landscape today for establishing a human right to health, then cogently explains why this is ultimately a positive step forward. Ensuring the right to health to all may appear insurmountable, but it is an important work in progress.
In 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights took the first bold step in acknowledging the right to medical care as a determinant of health and well-being. This was followed...more
In 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights took the first bold step in acknowledging the right to medical care as a determinant of health and well-being. This was followed...more
Actually a really good, quick read. Well referenced, moderately balanced with an obvious slant.
Only complaint is that it didn't really offer new perspectives.
Good academic insights into solutions to worldwide health disparities.
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Jonathan Wolff is a Professor specialising in political philosophy at University College London, in England. Wolff earned his MPhil from UCL under the direction of G.A. Cohen. He is the secretary of the British Philosophical Association and honorary secretary of the Aristotelian Society, which publishes Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. Recently, Wolff's work has specialized in disadvantage...more
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