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Zusatztext 'This is a timely and important book...the book is of a high standard...' Informationen zum Autor Lawrence O. Gostin, J.D., LL.D. (Hon.), is Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, and Co-Director of the Georgetown-Johns Hopkins Program on Law and Public Health. Zita Lazzarini, J.D., M.P.H., is a public health lawyer and Lecturer on AIDS, law, and human rights at Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Tufts University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This is a more practical than theoretical book about the relationship between public health and human rights in HIV/AIDS. Using a human rights impact assessment method, the authors provide a critical evaluation of public health policies on many troublesome issues like testing, partner notification, isolation, and criminalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: José Ayala Lasso, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS 1: International Human Rights Law in the AIDS Pandemic 2: Harmonizing Human Rights and Public Health 3: Human Rights Impact Assessment 4: AIDS Policies and Practices: Integrating Public Health Benefits and Human Rights 5: Case Studies Raising Critical Questions in HIV Policy and Research: Balancing Public Health Benefits and Human Rights Burdens
