Health and human rights 2 - Do human rights matter to health?

被引:23
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作者
Singh, Jerome Amir
Govender, Michelle
Mills, Edward J. [1 ]
机构
[1] British Columbia Ctr Excellence HIV AIDS, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada
[2] Ctr AIDS Programme Res S Africa, Durban, South Africa
[3] Univ Toronto, Dept Publ Hlth Sci, Toronto, ON, Canada
[4] Univ Toronto, Ctr Bone & Joint, Joint Ctr Bioeth, Toronto, ON, Canada
[5] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Howard Coll Sch Law, Durban, South Africa
[6] AIDS Law Project S Africa, Braamfontein, South Africa
来源
LANCET | 2007年 / 370卷 / 9586期
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D O I
10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61236-7
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Legal instruments and litigation as a way to enforce the rights to life and to health is a relatively new strategy that is increasingly common. We show how legal measures have been used to attain health and human rights with case examples from India and South Africa that resulted in large public-health benefits.
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页码:521 / 527
页数:7
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