AEGiS-BKREV: Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic

(BKREV) Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic

Oxford University Press, 212p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-19-511442-6. $29.95.
Lawrence O. Gostin, Zita Lazzarini. 1997.

Human rights has always been a concern of HIV positive individuals. Too many times the burden of HIV/AIDS is borne disproportionately by communities already suffering from poverty, hunger, homelessness, inadequate health care, discrimination, and stigmatization. It is causing human, social, cultural, and economic costs that everyone is having to bare. Everyone in the world is entitled to the terms of human rights, "a set of fundamental claims to life, liberty, and equality of opportunity." This book aims to show how human rights and public health are intertwined, with conflicts and trade-offs. It addresses "the broad audience of concerned individuals and organizations that seek to protect the health and human rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS." Its targeted audience includes governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, community-based groups, policymakers, and PWAs. The 5 detailed chapters that are well written cover: "International Human Rights Law in the AIDS Pandemic," "Harmonizing Human Rights and Public Health," "Human Rights Impact Assessment," "AIDS Policies and Practices: Integrating Public Health and Human Rights," and "Case Studies Raising Critical Questions in HIV Policy and Research: Balancing Public Health Benefits and Human Rights Burdens." This is a book that should be required reading by all of those in the policy making arena of the government. Human rights is so neglected when the government is dealing with the poor or put upon individuals such as gays and PWAs. A highly recommended book for all academic libraries.

Keywords: Patients; Legal Status, Law, etc.; Public Health Laws; Human Rights; Government Policy

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Copyright © 1999 - The University of Illinois at Chicago. All materials in the journal are subject to copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and may be reprinted or redistributed for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976. For other reprinting, redistribution, or translation, address requests to H. Robert Malinowsky, University of Illinois at Chicago Library, PO Box 8198, Chicago, IL 60680 or electronically to hrm@uic.edu.

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