Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity: Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812247744 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Program, and policy director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University. Alicia Ely Yamin is lecturer on law and global health, director of the J.D. . M.P.H
"This book deftly illustrates the core purpose of a human rights-based approach—eradicating the suffering arising from dramatic inequality within and between nations."—From the Foreword, by Paul Farmer.
This is an incredible and ground-breaking work which is easy to read and filled with engaging stories which help This is an incredible and ground-breaking work which is easy to read and filled with engaging stories which help to link health and human rights. I am not schooled in these fields but found the author's combination of theory, practice, and field work to be fascinating. I have already recommended it to friends and am hopeful that this book receives the acclaim that it so deserves. Five stars!
Analyzing the successes of and challenges to using human rights frameworks for health, Yamin charts what can be learned from these experiences, from conceptualization to implementation, setting out explicit assumptions about how we can create social transformation. Directed at a diverse audience of students, legal and public health practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding what human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to health and development mean and why they matter, Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity provides a solid foundation for comprehending what a human rights framework implies and the potential for social transformation it entails. What is our agency as human subjects with rights and dignity, and what prevents us from acting in certain circumstances? What roles are played by others in decisions that affect our health? How do we determine whether what we may see as "natural" is actually the result of mutable, human policies and practices?Alicia Ely Yami