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Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic (Hardcover, New)
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Historically, the fields of public health and human rights have
remained largely separate. The AIDS pandemic, however, made it
clear that a complex relationship exists between the two fields.
Women and children have proven to be extremely vulnerable to
infection with HIV due to their inability to protect themselves in
intimate relationships, their sexual exploitation, and their lack
of economic and educational alternatives. On the other hand,
coercive government policies aimed at controlling the AIDS pandemic
often infringe on the rights of individuals known or suspected of
having AIDS, and decrease the effectiveness of public health
measures. Protecting and promoting human rights is becoming one of
the key means of preserving the health of individuals and
populations. A penetrating analysis of the close relationship
between public health and human rights, this book makes a
compelling case for synergy between the two fields. Using the AIDS
pandemic as a lens, the authors demonstrate that human health
cannot be maintained without respect for the dignity and rights of
persons, and that human rights cannot be deemed adequate and
comprehensive without ensuring the health of individuals and
populations. In the course of their analysis, Gostin and Lazzarini
tackle some of the most vexing issues of our time, including the
universality of human rights and the counter-claims of cultural
relativity. Taking a cue from environmental impact assessments,
they propose a human rights impact assessment for examining health
policies. Such a tool will be invaluable for evaluating real-world
public health problems and is bound to become essential for
teaching human rights in schools of public health, medicine,
government, and law. The volume critically examines such issues as
HIV testing, screening, partner notification, isolation,
quarantine, and criminalization of persons with HIV/AIDS, all
within the framework of international human rights law. The authors
evaluate the public health effects of a wide range of AIDS policies
in developed as well as developing countries. The role of women in
society receives special emphasis. Finally, the book presents three
case histories that are important in the HIV/AIDS pandemic:
discrimination and the transmission of HIV and tuberculosis in an
occupational health care setting; breast feeding in the least
developed countries; and confidentiality and the right of sexual
partners to know of potential exposure to HIV. The cases challenge
readers with some of the complex questions facing policy-makers,
scientists, and public health professionals, and exemplify a method
for analysing these problems from a human rights perspective.
Gostin and Lazzarini have written a book that will be a valuable
addition to the libraries of public health teachers and
practitioners, legal scholars, bioethicists, policy makers, and
public rights activists.
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