The Global Health Crisis: Ethical Responsibilities

ISBN-13: 9781316640579 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 310 str.

Thana Cristina De Campos

Opis

Proposing a new view of global justice based on natural law, this book examines the ethics of health as they relate to neglected diseases.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Defining the Object: What Is a Reasonable Scope and Content for the Human Right to Health?: 1. The moral value of health: health as a basic human need; 2. The human right to health and its corresponding responsibilities; Part II. Defining the Subjects: Who Are the Duty-Bearers of the Right to Health?: 3. States and natural persons as subjects of justice; 4. Pharmaceutical transnational corporations as subjects of justice; Part III. Defining Just Institutions: How Should Right to Health Responsibilities Be Allocated among the Subjects of Justice?: 5. The global health governance of the global health crisis; Conclusion.