Litigating health rights
Subtitle: can courts bring more justice to health
By: edited by Alicia Ely Yamin and Siri Gloppen
Series: Human rights practice series
Publisher: Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School; Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780979639555
Subjects: Cross-cultural studies; Law and legislation; Medical care; Medical policy; Health services accessibility; Right to health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: can litigation bring justice to health / Siri Gloppen and Mindy Jane Roseman; title: Litigating health rights: framing the analysis / Siri Gloppen; title: Argentina: courts and the right to health; title: -achieving fairness despite "routinization" in individual coverage cases / Paola Bergallo; title: Brazil: health inequalities, rights, and courts; title: -the social impact of the "judicialization of health" / Octavio L. Motta Ferraz; title: Colombia: judicial protection of the right to health; title: -an elusive promise / Alicia Ely Yamin, Oscar Parra-Vera, and Camila Gianella; title: Costa Rica: health rights litigation; title: -causes and consequences / Bruce M. Wilson; title: India: citizens, courts, and the right to health; title: -between promise and progress / Sharanjeet Parmar and Namita Wahi; title: South Africa: health rights litigation; title: -cautious constitutionalism / Carole Cooper; title: Dialogic justice in the enforcement of social rights: some initial arguments / Roberto Gargarella; title: Litigating the right to health: are transnational actors backseat driving / Mindy Jane Roseman and Siri Gloppen; title: 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; title: Litigating for medicines: how can we assess impact on health outcomes / Ole Frithjof Norheim and Siri Gloppen; title: Power, suffering, and courts: reflections on promoting health rights through judicialization / Alicia Ely Yamin.