Healthcare as a Universal Human Right
Sustainability in Global Health
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Author(s)
Nunes, Rui
Language
EnglishAbstract
This important book outlines how, despite varying levels of global socio-economic development, governments around the world can guarantee their citizens’ fundamental right to basic healthcare. Ground in the philosophical position that healthcare is an essential element to human dignity, the book moves beyond this theoretical principle to offer policy makers a basis for health policies based on public accountability and social responsiveness. Also emphasizing the importance of global co-operation, particularly in the area of health promotion and communication, it addresses, too, the issue of financial sustainability, suggesting robust mechanisms of economic and social regulation. New opportunities created by e-health, evidence-based data and artificial intelligence are all highlighted and discussed, as is the issue of patient rights. Students and researchers across bioethics, public health and medical sociology will find this book fascinating reading, as will policy makers in the field.
Keywords
Popular medicine and health; Health systems and services; Medical ethics and professional conduct; Ethics and moral philosophyISBN
9781000530346, 9781032193250, 9781003241065, 9781032138800Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2021Imprint
RoutledgeClassification
Popular medicine and health
Health systems and services
Medical ethics and professional conduct
Ethics and moral philosophy