Product DescriptionThis anthology of articles collected by a cast of award-winning scholars in the field of public health illustrates that promoting and protecting human rights is fundamental to promoting and protecting health. New issues covered in this volume include: emerging technologies; family and health; responding to violence; and methods and strategies…. More >> Perspectives on Health [...]
Archive for the ‘Review’ Category
Posted in 
Where Human Rights Begin
February 28th, 2010 
admin Product DescriptionMore than a decade ago, three landmark world conferences placed the human rights of women on the international agenda. The first, in Vienna, officially extended the definition of human rights to include a woman’s right to self-determination and equality. A year later, in Cairo, this concept was elaborated to deal explicitly with issues of [...]
The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code: Human Rights in Human Experimentation
February 26th, 2010 admin Product DescriptionThe atrocities committed by Nazi physicians and researchers during World War II prompted the development of the Nuremberg Code to define the ethics of modern medical experimentation utilizing human subjects. Since its enunciation, the Code has been viewed as one of the cornerstones of modern bioethical thought. The sources and ramifications of this important [...]