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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Global health arguably represents the most pressing issues facing humanity. Trends in international migration and transnational commerce render state boundaries increasingly porous. Human activity in one part of the world can lead to health impacts elsewhere. Animals, viruses and bacteria as well as pandemics and environmental disasters do not recognize or respect political borders. It is now widely accepted that a global perspective on the understanding of threats to health and how to respond to them is required, but there are many practical problems in establishing such an approach. This book offers a foundational study of these urgent and challenging problems, combining critical analysis with practically focused policy contributions. The contributors span the fields of ethics, human rights, international relations, law, philosophy and global politics. They address normative questions relating to justice, equity and inequality and practical questions regarding multi-organizational cooperation, global governance and international relations. Moving from the theoretical to the practical, Global Health and International Community is an essential resource for scholars, students, activists and policy makers across the globe.

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Author:   John Coggon (Reader in Law, University of Manchester) ,  Swati Gola
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781474228169

ISBN 10:   147422816
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   26 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, John Coggon and Swati Gola Part I: Framing Global Ethics and International Justice 1. On Some Difficulties for Any Theory of Global Health Justice, Stephen R. Latham 2. Ethics and Global Health Inequalities, Richard Ashcroft 3. Why Bioethics Must Be Global, Heather Widdows and Peter West-Oram 4. Needs, Obligations and International Relations for Global Health in the 21st Century, Solomon R Benatar 5. Just Health, From National to Global: Claiming Global Social Protection, Gorik Ooms and Rachel Hammonds Part II: Practical Challenges in Global Health Governance 6. Righting Climate Change Wrongs? The Human Right to Health as Accountability Mechanism for the Health Impacts of Climate Change, Keith Syrett 7. Genetically Modified Organisms: An Ethical and Sustainable Way to Food Security? Lisbeth Witthøfft Nielsen 8. Improving Global Health: Intellectual Property Rights and Alternative Ways of Incentivising Innovation, Sadie Regmi 9. Drug Resistance, Patents and Justice: Who Owns the Effectiveness of Antibiotics?, James Wilson 10. Health in the International Governance of Biotechnology – The Real, the Ideal and the Achievable, Catherine Rhodes 11. Awareness of and Education about the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC): Why This Is Needed By All Life Scientists and How It Might Be Achieved, Malcolm Dando Part III: Political and Regulatory Responses in Global Health 12. The Human Right to Health: Whose Obligation?, Doris Schroeder 13. Institutionalising Solidarity for Health, Thomas Gebauer 14. Reinforcing Global Health Normative Frameworks and Legal Obligations: Can Adaptive Governance Help?, William Onzivu 15. Meeting Basic Survival Needs of the World’s Least Healthy People: Toward a Framework Convention on Global Health, Lawrence O. Gostin

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The chapters in this excellent interdisciplinary volume contribute to, and take forward, a wide-ranging set of important debates in global health. The authors explore fundamental conceptual issues, normative arguments and regulatory issues that lie at the heart of discussions about global justice in relation to health. This stimulating and timely volume will be essential reading for all students, academics and policymakers interested in exploring the place of health within our increasingly interconnected world. * Angus Dawson, Professor of Public Health Ethics and Head of Medicine, Ethics, Society & History, University of Birmingham, UK *

The chapters in this excellent interdisciplinary volume contribute to, and take forward, a wide-ranging set of important debates in global health. The authors explore fundamental conceptual issues, normative arguments and regulatory issues that lie at the heart of discussions about global justice in relation to health. This stimulating and timely volume will be essential reading for all students, academics and policymakers interested in exploring the place of health within our increasingly interconnected world. Angus Dawson, Professor of Public Health Ethics and Head of Medicine, Ethics, Society & History, University of Birmingham, UK

Author Information

John Coggan is Research Fellow in the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester, UK Swati Gola is a PhD student at the School of Law, University of Manchester, UK

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