From the Publisher
This is a practical rather 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.
Journal of the American Medical Association
Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic, by Lawrence Gostin and Zita Lazzarini, is a carefully written, comprehensive guide to many of the ethical and philosophical issues generated by the tension between these two realms. It will be a valuable guide and reference both for people working in the field and for those seeking to acquaint themselves with the major themes.
Judith W. Munson
This book illuminates the importance of linkages between public health measures and human rights concerns in the design of management strategies that are to overcome the unique problems posed by the AIDS pandemic. The authors intend this book to show why human rights concerns are as serious and integral in the battle against AIDS as are public health considerations. They go about this task by detailing and explaining those human rights principles recognized internationally and then applying them to AIDS policy. The authors' objectives are laudable because they undertake to analyze those circumstances in which the protection of the public's health does not necessarily require the derogation of the rights of the individual, especially in the management of the AIDS threat. The authors succeed in meeting this objective. This book is written for a broad audience. The authors seek to enlighten individuals and organizations, governmental and nongovernmental, concerned with the AIDS pandemic about the protection of the health and the human rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS. They focus on the fundamental principles of human rights, where they come from, and how they intersect with effective strategies impeding the spread of AIDS. The authors bring to their subject unique qualifications. They are both lawyers representing three prestigious academic centers: Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, and Harvard. They use their legal expertise to focus on the public health issues surrounding AIDS through the human rights lens. The thesis of the book is well researched and thoroughly referenced and documented. Its bibliography is notable for its comprehensive compilation of documents, books, andarticles addressing the legal and human rights issues regarding AIDS that are tackled in the book. Equally noteworthy are the chapters containing the human rights impact assessment tool proffered by the authors and the case studies that are used to apply the tool. An appendix sets forth the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in its entirety. The book is provocative in its thesis and should prove to be useful in a variety of forums: governmental policy centers, legislatures, provider sites, and the classroom. The authors' use of case studies to apply the human rights impact assessment model they propose is an interesting method of bringing theory into practice. This provides the utilitarian aspect needed to focus on the real-life practicality of implementing global human rights principles in day-to-day scenarios as issues arise involving AIDS.
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Reviewer:Judith W. Munson, JD (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Description:This book illuminates the importance of linkages between public health measures and human rights concerns in the design of management strategies that are to overcome the unique problems posed by the AIDS pandemic.
Purpose:The authors intend this book to show why human rights concerns are as serious and integral in the battle against AIDS as are public health considerations. They go about this task by detailing and explaining those human rights principles recognized internationally and then applying them to AIDS policy. The authors' objectives are laudable because they undertake to analyze those circumstances in which the protection of the public's health does not necessarily require the derogation of the rights of the individual, especially in the management of the AIDS threat. The authors succeed in meeting this objective.
Audience:This book is written for a broad audience. The authors seek to enlighten individuals and organizations, governmental and nongovernmental, concerned with the AIDS pandemic about the protection of the health and the human rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS. They focus on the fundamental principles of human rights, where they come from, and how they intersect with effective strategies impeding the spread of AIDS. The authors bring to their subject unique qualifications. They are both lawyers representing three prestigious academic centers: Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, and Harvard. They use their legal expertise to focus on the public health issues surrounding AIDS through the human rights lens.
Features:Thethesis of the book is well researched and thoroughly referenced and documented. Its bibliography is notable for its comprehensive compilation of documents, books, and articles addressing the legal and human rights issues regarding AIDS that are tackled in the book. Equally noteworthy are the chapters containing the human rights impact assessment tool proffered by the authors and the case studies that are used to apply the tool. An appendix sets forth the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in its entirety.
Assessment:The book is provocative in its thesis and should prove to be useful in a variety of forums: governmental policy centers, legislatures, provider sites, and the classroom. The authors' use of case studies to apply the human rights impact assessment model they propose is an interesting method of bringing theory into practice. This provides the utilitarian aspect needed to focus on the real-life practicality of implementing global human rights principles in day-to-day scenarios as issues arise involving AIDS.
Rating
3 Stars from Doody
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