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Author:   Cees J. Hamelink ,  Dirk R. Essink ,  Marlies J. Visser
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.480kg
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9781032503745

ISBN 10:   1032503742
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   20 December 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Part One.Introduction To Global Health and Human Rights. 1.International Human Rights. 2.An Introduction to Global Health. 3.The Right to Health. Appendix A. 4.Towards Human Rights Ethics: Marrying Intuitionism, Reasoning and Communication. Part Two.Health And Human Rights of Othered and Marginalised Groups. 5.Sexual And Reproductive Health and Rights: A Perspective on Gender Bias and Stereotyping in Health. 6.Disability And Human Rights. 7.Mental Health and Psychiatric Care. 8.Children And the Right to Health. 9.Elderly People and The Right to Health. 10.Indigenous Peoples Human Rights and Health. Part Three.Future Challenges in Global Health and Human Rights. 11.Public Health Emergencies, Pandemics and Human Rights. 12.Technology And the Right to Health. 13.Planning For the Future. 14.Epilogue.

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Cees J. Hamelink is Athena Professor of Globalisation, Public Health and Human Rights at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is Emeritus Professor of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam and Emeritus Professor of Theology and Communication at the VU Amsterdam. He has published 21 academic monographs, and his most recent book (2023) is on communication and human rights. Dirk R. Essink is Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, focusing on health systems and transdisciplinarity. His research, concentrated in Vietnam, Lao PDR, Ethiopia and South Sudan, explores the integration of knowledge for public health policy and transformations. Dirk's work emphasises social justice, covering quality of care in humanitarian settings, infectious disease control and sexual and reproductive health, nutrition and research agenda setting. He is skilled in transdisciplinary, mixed methods research. Marlies J. Visser is a researcher and lecturer at the Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is an experienced qualitative researcher and in that capacity has coordinated and contributed to various research projects addressing social determinants of health and access to health care, with a particular emphasis on stigma and discrimination in relation to both physical and mental health conditions and sexual and reproductive health.

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