Title: Health, human rights, and the United Nations : inconsistent aims and inherent contradictions? /
Authors: MacDonald, Theodore H. 1933-
Publisher: Radcliffe Pub.,
Year: 2008
Subjects: United Nations; World Health Organization; World Health Organization.; United Nations.; Developing Countries; Human Rights; Health Policy; Delivery of Health Care; Developing Countries.; Public Health; Medical care Developing countries; Medical policy Developing countries; Medical care Political aspects Developing countries.; Human rights Developing countries
Contents: Our partially paralysed United Nations -- The UN and human rights -- The Darfur crisis -- The well-hidden regime of Myanmar -- Human rights in the context of conflict -- The Palestinians -- Human rights violations in the UK -- WHO mediated the global right to health? -- Can the UN promote the WHO's objectives -- Transnational advocacy and mediation.