| Description |
viii, 435 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Human rights practice series |
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Human Rights Program practice series.
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| Contents |
Litigating health rights : framing the analysis / Siri Gloppen -- Argentina : courts and the right to health : achieving fairness despite "routinization" in individual coverage cases / Paola Bergallo -- Brazil : health inequalities, rights, and courts : the social impact of the "judicialization of health" / Octavio L. Motta Ferraz -- Colombia : judicial protection of the right to health : an elusive promise / Alicia Ely Yamin, Oscar Parra-Vera, and Camila Gianella -- Costa Rica : health rights litigation : causes and consequences / Bruce M. Wilson -- India : citizens, courts, and the right to health : between promise and progress / Sharanjeet Parmar and Namita Wahi -- South Africa : health rights litigation : cautious constitutionalism / Carole Cooper -- Dialogic justice in the enforcement of social rights : some initial arguments / Roberto Gargarella -- Litigating the right to health : are transnational actors backseat driving / Mindy Jane Roseman and Siri Gloppen -- Assessing the impact of health rights litigation : a comparative analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, and South Africa / Ottar Mstad, Lise Rakner, and Octavio L. Motta Ferraz -- Litigating for medicines : how can we assess impact on health outcomes / Ole Frithjof Norheim and Siri Gloppen -- Power, suffering, and courts : reflections on promoting health rights through judicialization / Alicia Ely Yamin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-406) and index |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Law and legislation.
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Right to health.
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Health services accessibility.
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Medical policy.
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Right to health -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Health services accessibility -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Yamin, Alicia Ely.
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Gloppen, Siri.
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| LC no. |
2011017921 |
| ISBN |
9780979639555 (paperback) |
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0979639557 (paperback) |
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