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Steven H. Miles Published January 22, 2014 Physicians are integral to the modern infliction of torture. They help regimes devise and implement means of torture that minimize scars that serve as evidence. They help keep prisoners alive who are not…

Oleg Kucheryavenko, Kirill Guskov, Michael Walker Published December 18, 2013  In June 2013, President Vladimir Putin signed into law a measure that we argue stigmatizes gay people. The legislation introduces fines of up to 5,000 rubles (US…

Jonathan Cohen and Tamar Ezer Health and Human Rights 15/2 Published December 2013 Abstract The concept of “human rights in patient care” refers to the application of human rights principles to the context of patient care. It provides a…

Carmel Williams Health and Human Rights 15/2 Published December 2013 In the current planning phase for the post-2015 development agenda, there is guarded optimism that human rights will occupy a more central role than they did in the Millennium…

Health and Human Rights 2013, 15/2 Reviews Public Health and Social Justice Martin Donohoe Jossey-Bass (October 2012) ISBN: 111808814X 656 pages $60.00 Reviewed by Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc, and Peter J. Whitehouse, MD,…

Joseph J. Amon, Richard Pearshouse, Jane Cohen, Rebecca Schleifer Health and Human Rights 15/2 Published December 2013 Abstract Background: According to official accounts, in 2012 more than 235,000 people were detained in over 1,000…

Kent Buse, Patrick Eba, Jason Sigurdson, Kate Thomson, Susan Timberlake Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Although AIDS remains a leading cause of death, especially in low- and middle-income countries, the movement to…

 Charlene Galarneau Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Little is known about the reproductive health of women migrant farmworkers in the US. The health and rights of these workers are advanced by fundamental human…

Cheryl Overs, Bebe Loff Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Complex combinations of law, policy, and enforcement practices determine sex workers vulnerability to HIV and rights abuses. We identify “lack of recognition as…

Chris Desmond, Evan Lieberman, Anita Alban, and Anna-Mia Ekström Health and Human Rights 10/2 Published December 2008 Abstract The aim of this article is to support efforts to hold governments accountable for their commitments to respond to…