Author Description

This Anthology, Compiled By Four Of The Top Schoalrs In The Field, Gives A Global View Of Public Health. The Editors Begin With An Introduction To Public Health And Move On To Legal, Economic, And Political Implications. The Editors Also Include Contextual Essays For Each Of The Four Sections--provided By Publisher. Health And Human Rights / Jonathan M. Mann [and Others] -- History, Principles And Practice Of Health And Human Rights / Sofia Gruskin, Edward J. Mills And Daniel Tarantola -- Human Rights Approach To Public Health Policy / Daniel Taratola And Sofia Gruskin -- Health Systems And The Right To The Highest Attainable Standard Of Health / Paul Hunt And Gunilla Backman -- Global Bioethics At Unesco: In Defense Of The Universal Declaration On Bioethics And Human Rights / Roberto Andorno -- The Nuremberg Doctors' Trial: Opening Statement Of The Prosecution, Dec. 9, 1946 / Telford Taylor -- Excerpts From The Judgment, Aug. 19, 1947 / Judges Harold Sebring, Walter Beals And Johnson Crawford -- Global Health And Post-9/11 Human Rights / George J. Annas -- Bringing Human Rights Into Public Health / Sofia Gruskin And Daniel Tarantola -- Is Access To Essential Medicines As Part Of The Fulfillment Of The Right To Health Enforceable Through The Courts? / Hans V. Hogerzeil [and Others]-- Human Rights, Health And Development / Daniel Tarantola [and Others] -- A Poverty Of Rights: Six Ways To Fix The Mdgs / Malcolm Langford -- Child Rights And Child Poverty: Can The International Framework Of Children's Rights Be Used To Improve Child Survival Rates? / Simon Pemberton [and Others] -- Using Indicators To Determine The Contribution Of Human Rights To Public Health Efforts / Sofia Gruskin And Laura Ferguson -- Mainstreaming Wellbeing: An Impact Assessment For The Right To Health / Rebekah Gay -- Pillars For Progress On The Right To Health: Harnessing The Potential Of Human Rights Through A Framework Convention On Global Health / Eric A. Friedman And Lawrence O. Gostin -- War And Human Rights / George J. Annas And H. Hack Geiger -- New Challenges For Humanitarian Protection / Claude Bruderlein And Jennifer Leaning -- Torture And Public Health / Linda Piwowarczyk [and Others]-- Asylum Seekers, Refugees, And The Politics Of Access To Health Care: A Uk Perspective / Keith Taylor -- Prevalence And Correlates Of Forced Sex Perpetration And Victimization In Botswana And Swaziland / Alexander C. Tsai [and Others] -- Solitary Confinement And Mental Illness In U.s. Prisons: A Challenge For Medical Ethics / Jeffrey L. Metzner And Jamie Fellner -- American Vertigo: Dual Use, Prison Physicians, Research And Guantánamo / George J. Annas -- Gender, Health And Human Rights / Rebecca J. Cook -- Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity And International Human Rights Law: Contextualising The Yogyakarta Principles / Michael O'flaherty And John Fisher -- Reproductive Health As A Human Right: A Matter Of Access Or Provision? / Sara E. Davies -- Use Of Human Rights To Meet The Unmet Need For Family Planning / Jane Cottingham, Adrienne Germain And Paul Hunt -- Assisted Reproduction: Canada's Supreme Court And The Global Baby / George J. Annas-- On The Rights Track: The Importance Of A Rights-based Approach To Reducing Maternal Deaths / Helen De Pinho -- Protection Of Sexual And Reproductive Health Rights: Addressing Violence Against Women / Claudia García-moreno And Heidi Stöckl -- Mental Health And Inequity: A Human Rights Approach To Inequality, Discrimination And Mental Disability / Jonathan Kenneth Burns -- Governments In Times Of Crisis: Neglecting To Uphold The Human Right To Nutrition? / Claudio Schuftan -- Human Rights-based Approach To Tobacco Control / Carolyn Dresler [and Others] -- Global Health And The Global Economic Crisis / Solomon R. Benatar, Stephen Gill And Isabella Bakker -- Climate Change And Human Rights: A Rough Guide / Stephen Humphreys -- Human Rights Implications Of Governance Repsonses To Public Health Emergencies: The Case Of Major Infectious Disease Outbreaks / Gian Luca Burci And Riikka Koskenmäki -- Bioterror And Bioart: A Plague O' Both Your Houses / George J. Annas-- Harm Reduction, Hiv/aids, And The Human Rights Challenge To Global Drug Control Policy / Richard Elliot [and Others] -- Tuberculosis Control And Directly Observed Therapy From The Public Health/human Rights Perspective / Anna-karin Hurtig, John D.h. Porter And Jessica A. Ogden -- A Human Rights-based Approach To Non-communicable Diseases / Helena Nygren-krug -- Bias, Discrimination And Obesity / Rebecca Puhl And Kelly D. Brownell -- Human Rights: A New Language For Aging Advocacy / Russell E. Morgan, Jr. And Sam David. Edited By Michael Grodin [and Others]. Consists Of Articles Reprinted From Various Sources. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.