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To heal humankind :

1138067202

1138067229

9781138067202

9781138067226

9781315158433

To heal humankind :

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the right to health in history /

Adam Gaffney.

New York, NY :

Routledge,

2018.

©2018

x, 230 pages ;

23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health, rights, and welfare : antiquity to the early modern era -- Enlightenment and revolution : the rights and the health of man -- Public health, social medicine, and industrial capitalism -- Blood and iron and health insurance : towards the modern era -- The rhetoric and reality of health rights in depression and war -- Postwar health and death in the Cold War -- The right to health in the age of neoliberalism.

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The "human right to healthcare" has had a remarkable rise. It is found in numerous international treaties and national constitutions, it is litigated in courtrooms across the globe, it is increasingly the subject of study by scholars across a range of disciplines, and - perhaps most importantly - it serves as an inspiring rallying cry for health justice activists throughout the world. However, though increasingly accepted as principle, the historical roots of this right remain largely unexplored. This book fills that gap, combining a sweeping historical scope and interdisciplinary synthesis. Beginning with the Age of Antiquity and extending to the Age of Trump, it analyzes how healthcare has been conceived and provided as both a right and a commodity over time and space, examining the key historical and political junctures when the right to healthcare was widened or diminished in nations around the glove. This book will provide indispensable for all those interested in human rights, the history of public health, and the future of healthcare.

To heal humankind.

9781315158433

Human rights.

Medical care.

Right to health.

Social medicine.

Delivery of Health Care.

Health Policy.

Human Rights.

Gesundheitspolitik.

Human rights.

Medical care.

Recht auf Gesundheit.

Right to health.

Social medicine.

Gaffney, Adam

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