Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. International Human Rights Law in the AIDS Pandemic -- 2. Harmonizing Human Rights and Public Health -- 3. Human Rights Impact Assessment -- 4. AIDS Policies and Practices: Integrating Public Health and Human Rights -- 5. Case Studies Raising Critical Questions in HIV Policy and Research: Balancing Public Health Benefits and Human Rights Burdens -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
This is a practical rather than theoretical book about the relationship between public health and human rights in HIV/AIDS. Using a human rights impact assessment method, the authors provide a critical evaluation of public health policies on many troublesome issues like testing, partner notification, isolation, and criminalization.
9780199748822
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. Public health laws. Human rights. Medical policy.