Flavia Bustreo and Curtis F. J. Doebbler Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 “[For] . . . the happiness of the people and the power of the country . . . [t]he care of the Public Health is the first duty of a statesman.” — Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain1 Abstract Health is increasingly seen as relevant to foreign policy; nevertheless, it remains subordinate to…
Making health an imperative of foreign policy: The value of a human rights approach
Flavia Bustreo and Curtis F. J. Doebbler Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 “[For] . . . the happiness of the people and the power of the country . . . [t]he care of the Public Health is the first duty of a statesman.” — Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain1 Abstract Health is increasingly seen as relevant to foreign policy; nevertheless, it remains subordinate to…
Abstract – Taking up Daniels’ challenge: The case for global health justice
Gorik Ooms and Rachel Hammonds Abstract In Just Health, Norman Daniels makes a strong argument for obligations of mutual assistance to fulfill the right to health at the national level and challenges readers to develop arguments supporting obligations of mutual assistance at the global level. In this paper, we argue that there is global responsibility for global health and that there are obligations of justice (beyond charity) to help fulfill…
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Taking up Daniels’ challenge: The case for global health justice
Gorik Ooms and Rachel Hammonds Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract In Just Health, Norman Daniels makes a strong argument for obligations of mutual assistance to fulfill the right to health at the national level and challenges readers to develop arguments supporting obligations of mutual assistance at the global level. In this paper, we argue that there is global responsibility for global health and that there are…
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Abstract – Informed consent: Enforcing pharmaceutical companies’ obligations abroad
Stacey B. Lee Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract The past several years have seen an evolution in the obligations of pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials abroad. Key players, such as international human rights organizations, multinational pharmaceutical companies, the United States government and courts, and the media, have played a significant role in defining these obligations. This article examines how such obligations have developed through the lens…
Informed consent: Enforcing pharmaceutical companies’ obligations abroad
Stacey B. Lee Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract The past several years have seen an evolution in the obligations of pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials abroad. Key players, such as international human rights organizations, multinational pharmaceutical companies, the United States government and courts, and the media, have played a significant role in defining these obligations. This article examines how such obligations have developed through the lens…
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Abstract – Our place in the world: Conceptualizing obligations beyond borders in human rights-based approaches to health
Alicia Ely Yamin Health and Human Rights 12/2 Published December 2010 Abstract The case of Haiti’s devastating earthquake and the reactions it has elicited sharply illustrate an array of seemingly dichotomous ways of understanding obligations of “international assistance and cooperation,” which are taken up by authors in this issue. First, there is a tension between dealing with immediate humanitarian needs and addressing underlying structural causes. Second, there is the related…
Our place in the world: Conceptualizing obligations beyond borders in human rights-based approaches to health*
Alicia Ely Yamin Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. — Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 28 “Developing countries” is the name that experts use to designate countries trampled by someone else’s development. — Eduardo Galeano1 Abstract The case of Haiti’s devastating earthquake…
From the publisher
Jennifer Leaning With this issue, the editors conclude a thematic series exploring key concepts in a rights-based approach to health. The series began, in Volume 10 Number 1, by addressing the question, “What is a rights-based approach to health and why should we care?” Subsequent issues considered accountability (10:2), participation (11:1), and non-discrimination and equality (11:2). This final number in the series considers the concept of “international assistance and cooperation.”…
Abstract – Nurses’ impoliteness as an impediment to patients’ rights in selected Kenyan hospitals
Benson Oduor Ojwang, Emily Atieno Ogutu, and Peter Maina Matu Health and Human Rights 12/2 Published December 2010 Abstract The institutionalization of patients’ rights is a recent phenomenon in Kenya. In 2006, Kenya’s Ministry of Health initiated policy measures to improve patient satisfaction through a charter of patients’ rights. The aim was to change the longstanding public perception that nurses in public hospitals routinely ignored patients’ right to respectful treatment.…