Sridhar Venkatapuram, Ruth Bell, and Michael Marmot Health and Human Rights 12/2 Published December 2010 Abstract The article examines the convergences and contrasts between social epidemiology, social medicine, and human rights approaches toward advancing global health and health equity. The first section describes the goals and work of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. The second section discusses the role of human rights in the Commission’s work. The…
The right to sutures: Social epidemiology, human rights, and social justice
Sridhar Venkatapuram, Ruth Bell, and Michael Marmot Health and Human Rights 12/2 Published December 2010 Abstract The article examines the convergences and contrasts between social epidemiology, social medicine, and human rights approaches toward advancing global health and health equity. The first section describes the goals and work of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. The second section discusses the role of human rights in the Commission’s work. The…
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Collaborative imperatives, elusive dialogues
Alicia Ely Yamin and Alec Irwin Health and Human Rights 12/2 Published December 2010 The first five issues of Health and Human Rights: An International Journal under Paul Farmer’s editorship addressed different dimensions of rights-based approaches to health. This issue takes up the relationship among human rights-based approaches and two other prominent streams of work linking health and social justice: social medicine and social epidemiology. We are keenly aware that…
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