Human rights and health

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Franfois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights (IFRC RCS). 1999. Human Rights An Introduction. In Health and Human Rights A Reader, edited by Jonathan Mann et al., 21-28. New York Routledge. 

Leary, V. A. 1994. The Right to Health in International Human Rights Law. Health and Human Rights 1 24-32. 

WHO (2001). Water health and human rights, World Water Day 2001. Available online at http //www.worldwaterday.Org/thematic/hmnrights.html n4... 

Perampaladas, K., Masum, H., Kapoor, A., Shah, R., Daar, A.S. Singer, P.A. (2010) The road to commercialization in Africa Lessons from developing the sicklecell dmg Niprisan, BMC International Health and Human Rights, 10 (Suppl. 1), Sll. 

I want to spread the word about the dangers of environmental illness and about how easy it would be to prevent it. It s not a pipe dream. I ve seen it. I want people to know the best of what s happening around the world, and not accept anything less—in terms of environment, health care, human rights and disability rights. 

Environmentally Induced Illnesses Ethics, Risk Assessment and Human Rights. Thomas Kerns, Jefferson, NC McFarland, [in press]. Addresses the ethics of managing environmental health and ubiquitous toxicants (such as solvents, pesticides and artificial fragrances). The work includes recent medical literature on chronic health effects from exposure to toxicants and the social costs of these disorders relevant historic and human rights documents recommendations for public policy and legislation and primary obstacles faced by public health advocates. 

D.W. Cross, R.J. Carton, Fluoridation A violation of medical ethics and human rights, Int. J. Occup. Environ. Health 9 (2003) 24-29. 

What information is protected According to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights,... 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). 2003b. Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Privacy Brief Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, rev., May 2003 available at www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacysummary.pdf. 

Dinham B, and MalikS, Pesticides and human rights. Environmental Health (2003) 9 40... 

As disasters are normally associated with population displacement and social upheaval there is always the potential for victims of disasters to feel that their dignity is compromised and their health as whole human beings is under threat. Nurses as key health professionals who value providing a holistic approach must become advocates for maintenance of dignity and human rights for victims of disasters. Ethical issues are commonplace in disaster situations mainly because of the complexity and mix of political and cultural dimensions that exist in the affected population. This complexity may even exist in the international aid relief team. 

As discussed in the introduction, pharmaceuticals play an expanding role in the areas of international trade, intellectual property, and health security. Pharmaceuticals are also integral to contemporary discussions about national sovereignty and human rights. Illustrative of the degree to which drugs and drug companies have... 

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While enforcement authority for informed consents exists in the FDA and in other non-US national and regional health authorities, the enforcement agency responsible for HIPAA in the US is the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Monitoring of HIPAA will likely occur by the Office of the Inspector General. 

RTECS Accession Numbers are compiled and distributed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of The United States of America. All rights reserved (1996)... 

In 1992, Texan Eddie Bernice Johnson became the hrst nurse to be elected to the U.S. Congress. She has continued to serve, focusing on health care issues and human rights. Many nurses have embraced political activism to improve their working conditions and reduce nurse-to-patient ratios to improve patient... 

Ryn, V., "The Implications of Social Cognition and Theory for the Provider Contribution to Race/Ethnicity Disparities in Health Care," Commissioned Paper Prepared for Physicians for Human Rights Committee on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment in the United States Health System, Washington, DC (2001). 

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