ABSTRACT
This volume draws together significant articles addressing challenges of applying human rights to promote health in settings ranging from the local to the global. Essays explore determinants of ill-health, including poverty, gender, violence and stigma, examine ways of promoting self-determination in health, and show how courts have applied rights to improve access to health services.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
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PART II: APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO PROMOTE HEALTH
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PART III: APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO PROMOTE SELF-DETERMINATION IN HEALTH
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PART IV: THE ROLE OF THE COURTS IN DETERMINING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
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PART V: PERSPECTIVES AND METHODOLOGIES
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PART VI: GLOBALIZED DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS