Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights

by Ann Taket, Fiona H McKay, Fiona McKay

Book Overview

Important links between health and human rights are increasingly recognised, and human rights can be viewed as one of the social determinants of health. A human rights framework provides an excellent foundation for advocacy on health inequalities, a value-based alternative to views of health as a commodity, and an opportunity to move away from public health action being based on charity. This text demystifies systems set up for the protection and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367281376
• ISBN13: 9780367281373
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"