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Human Rights and Bioethics : Formulating a Universal Right to Health, Health Care, or Health Protection?
Smith, George P. - 2010
Codifying, and then implementing, an international right to health, health care, or protection is beset with serious roadblocks - foremost among them being contentious issues of indeterminacy, justiciability, and progressive realization. Although advanced - and to some degree recognized under...
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Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants from a Human Rights Perspective : A Comparative Study of Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands
Biswas, Dan; Toebes, Brigit; Hjern, Anders; Ascher, Henry; … - 2013
Background: Undocumented migrants’ access to health care varies across Europe, and entitlements on national levels are often at odds with the rights stated in international human rights law. The aim of this study is to address undocumented migrants’ access to health care in Denmark, Sweden,...
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A Human Rights-Based Approach to Poverty Reduction : The Role of the Right of Access to Medicine as an Element of the Right of Access to Health Care
Strauss, Zannelize; Horsten, Debbie - 2014
countries. The World Health Organisation estimates that about one-third of the world's population lacks access to essential … right. According to the World Summit for Social Development, poor health and illness are factors that contribute to poverty …
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The Human Right to Health in Africa and its Challenges : A Critical Analysis of Millennium Development Goal 8
Nnamuchi, Obiajulu; Ortuanya, Simon Uche - 2014
This paper seeks to advance human rights scholarship by locating the right to health within the broader frameworks of socioeconomic development and political governance. It identifies two critical factors as fundamentally responsible for the dismal state of health and wellbeing of Africans...
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Access to Preventive Health Care for Undocumented Migrants : A Comparative Study of Germany, the Netherlands and Spain from a Human Rights Perspective
Toebes, Brigit; Dalli, María; Flegar, Veronika - 2016
The present study analyzes the preventive health care provisions for nationals and undocumented migrants in Germany, the Netherlands and Spain in light of four indicators derived from the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ General Comment 14 (GC 14). These...
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Access to Justice : Evaluating Law, Health and Human Rights Programmes in Kenya
Gruskin, Sofia; Safreed-Harmon, Kelly; Ezer, Tamar; … - 2015
. Integrating legal literacy and legal services into healthcare appears to be an effective strategy to empower vulnerable groups and … activities at four sites: the Academic Model of Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) facility, where the Legal Aid Centre of … how to access legal aid and claim their rights, as well as an enhanced ability to communicate with healthcare providers …
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The Imperial-Emancipatory Paradox of International Human Rights : How Useful is the Right to Health in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Muriu, Daniel - 2007
. In this connection, the contributions made by the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organisation to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049395
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Role of Forensic Medicine Expert in Human Rights in India
Dogra, Torath D.; Lalwani, Sanjeev; Raina, Anupuma - 2010
Every human being enjoys fundamental human rights without any discrimination. Article 21 of the Indian constitution provides guaranteed right of life and personal liberty to every citizen including the right to health and the conditions that are essential for health. Considering the health as a...
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Kontrowersje wokół współczesnych problemów edukacji, ochrony zdrowia, kultury : studium ekonomiczne
Gruz, Maria - 1997 - Wyd. 1
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