Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity : : Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter / / Alicia Ely Yamin.
Directed at a diverse audience of students, legal and public health practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding what human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to health and development mean and why they matter, Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity provides a solid foundation for comp...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 8 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction. How Do We Understand Suffering?
- PART I Starting Points
- Chapter 1. Dignity and Suffering: Why Human Rights Matter
- Chapter 2. The Powerlessness of Extreme Poverty: Human Rights and Social Justice
- Chapter 3. Redefining Health: Challenging Power Relations
- Chapter 4. Health Systems as "Core Social Institutions"
- PART II. Applying Human Rights Frameworks to Health
- Chapter 5. Beyond Charity: Th e Central Importance of Accountability
- Chapter 6. Power and Participation
- Chapter 7. Shades of Dignity: Equality and Nondiscrimination
- Chapter 8. Our Place in the World: Obligations Beyond Borders
- Conclusion. Another World Is Possible
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgments