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Advanced Introduction to the Right to Health

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvLawrence O. Gostin,Andrés Constantin,Lisa Forman

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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This Advanced Introduction provides an accessible overview of the right to health, exploring its meaning, significance and practical applications in contemporary real-world contexts.Lawrence Gostin, Lisa Forman and Andrés Constantin investigate how the right to health shapes laws, policies and practices across diverse topics, including reproductive rights, the environment, digital health, infectious diseases and humanitarian crises. Chapters cover the key concepts, challenges and opportunities in these distinct areas, highlighting how human rights can drive fairer and more effective health systems. They shed light on the foundations, history and evolution of the field, as well as the notion of accountability as a core human rights principle.Key Features:Explores major UN human rights treaties and mechanismsEvaluates cutting-edge health technologies, from artificial intelligence to digital healthExamines global action regarding both communicable and non-communicable diseasesThe Advanced Introduction to the Right to Health is an essential resource for scholars and students of human rights, public and global health law. Containing actionable advice and policy implications, it is also highly relevant to legal professionals, health practitioners and policymakers in the same fields.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-04-14
Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieElgar Advanced Introductions series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781035346394

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Contents 1 Introduction: all people possess inherent dignity and are equally entitled to human rights 2 The history and foundations of international human rights law and the right to health 3 Accountability mechanisms for realizing the right to health at the supranational and domestic levels 4 The right to health in global health law: the roles of WHO and WTO 5 The right to health and infectious diseases 6 Noncommunicable diseases and the right to health 7 Sexual and reproductive health and rights8 The right to health in humanitarian and conflict settings 9 The right to health in the era of artificial intelligence and digital health10 The right to health and the environment 11 Conclusion: open that human rights toolbox, take out your hammer, and see what you can build Index

‘This is a very important book, coming as it does after the Covid epidemic, during which every aspect of the right to health was emasculated by States, egged on by Big Pharma. It is indeed necessary that the right to health needs to be asserted again. The book is indeed timely. It rightly begins with the notion of dignity, the basis of all Human Rights and covers all aspects of the right to health. Pedagogic in its style, written in simple legal language, with elaborate footnotes, it is useful for activists and academics alike. Authored by Larry Gostin, Lisa Forman and Andrés Constantin, leading academics in the field of health, it is a must for the libraries of all practitioners of the right to health.’