TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gostin,Lawrence O.
AU  - Lazzarini,Zita
TI  - Human rights and public health in the AIDS pandemic
SN  - 1602562016
AV  - K3575.A43 G67 1997eb
U1  - 349.73/08/80814347.300880814 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - AIDS (Disease)
KW  - Patients
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Public health laws
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
KW  - legislation & jurisprudence
KW  - Human Rights
KW  - Public Health
KW  - HIV Infections
KW  - Health Policy
KW  - Sidéens
KW  - Droit
KW  - Santé publique
KW  - Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
KW  - Politique sanitaire
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Government
KW  - Judicial Branch
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LAW
KW  - Legal Services
KW  - Civil Procedure
KW  - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
KW  - fast
KW  - Syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise
KW  - Législation comme sujet
KW  - fmesh
KW  - Droits homme
KW  - Infections à VIH
KW  - Menschenrecht
KW  - gnd
KW  - Gesundheitswesen
KW  - Síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida
KW  - larpcal
KW  - Direitos humanos (legislação)
KW  - Formulação de políticas
KW  - Preconceito
KW  - Política de saúde
KW  - Saúde pública (legislação)
KW  - pplt
KW  - Constitutional rights
KW  - AIDS
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191) and index; Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. International Human Rights Law in the AIDS Pandemic -- 2. Harmonizing Human Rights and Public Health -- 3. Human Rights Impact Assessment -- 4. AIDS Policies and Practices: Integrating Public Health and Human Rights -- 5. Case Studies Raising Critical Questions in HIV Policy and Research: Balancing Public Health Benefits and Human Rights Burdens -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2021
N2  - Historically, the fields of public health and human rights have remained largely separate. The AIDS pandemic, however, made it clear that a complex relationship exists between the two fields. Women and children have proven to be extremely vulnerable to infection with HIV due to their inability to protect themselves in intimate relationships, their sexual exploitation, and their lack of economic and educational alternatives. On the other hand, coercive government policies aimed at controlling the AIDS pandemic often infringe on the rights of individuals known or suspected of having AIDS, and decrease the effectiveness of public health measures. Protecting and promoting human rights is becoming one of the key means of preserving the health of individuals and populations.; A penetrating analysis of the close relationship between public health and human rights, this book makes a compelling case for synergy between the two fields. Using the AIDS pandemic as a lens, the authors demonstrate that human health cannot be maintained without respect for the dignity and rights of persons, and that human rights cannot be deemed adequate and comprehensive without ensuring the health of individuals and populations. In the course of their analysis, Gostin and Lazzarini tackle some of the most vexing issues of our time, including the universality of human rights and the counter-claims of cultural relativity. Taking a cue from environmental impact assessments, they propose a human rights impact assessment for examining health policies. Such a tool will be invaluable for evaluating real-world public health problems and is bound to become essential for teaching human rights in schools of public health, medicine, government, and law.; The volume critically examines such issues as HIV testing, screening, partner notification, isolation, quarantine, and criminalization of persons with HIV/AIDS, all within the framework of international human rights law. The authors evaluate the public health effects of a wide range of AIDS policies in developed as well as developing countries. The role of women in society receives special emphasis. Finally, the book presents three case histories that are important in the HIV/AIDS pandemic: discrimination and the transmission of HIV and tuberculosis in an occupational health care setting; breast feeding in the least developed countries; and confidentiality and the right of sexual partners to know of potential exposure to HIV. The cases challenge readers with some of the complex questions facing policy-makers, scientists, and public health professionals, and exemplify a method for analysing these problems from a human rights perspective. Gostin and Lazzarini have written a book that will be a valuable addition to the libraries of public health teachers and practitioners, legal scholars, bioethicists, policy makers, and public rights activists
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