Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clayton Ó Néill, An introduction to health rights as they apply in a global landscape -- Charles Foster, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Part I : Articles 1, 2 3, 5 and 6 -- Jonathan Herring, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Part II : Articles 7, 12, 16, 18, 19 and 25 -- Clayton Ó Néill, A global right to health amid global health emergencies -- Thana de Campos-Rudinsky, Global health rights in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights : on the doctrine of the minimum core obligations and a co-responsibility to care -- Zahara Nampewo, Assisted reproductive technologies in Uganda : law and practice -- Clayton Ó Néill, Abortion and conscience : a crossroads for Northern Ireland -- Santa Slokenberga, The standard of care and implications for paediatric decision-making : the Swedish viewpoint -- Edward Lui, The right to health in Hong King : incorporation, implementation and balancing -- Sushant Chandra, 'Dignity' in the adjudication of health rights in India -- Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, Universal health coverage and the right to health in Nigeria -- Naomi N Njuguna, Realising the right to health in Kenya : connecting health governance outcomes to patient safety perspectives -- John Tingle, Developing an intrinsic patient safety culture in health systems : the NHS experience -- Stephen King, Clinical negligence litigation procedure, policy and practice in England : the product of a legal cycle rather than an application of a right to health? -- Helen Hughes, Patient Safety and Human Rights -- Jean V McHale and Elizabeth Speakman, Fundamental rights to health care and charging overseas visitors for NHS treatment : diversity across the United Kingdom's devolved jurisdictions -- Lara Khoury, Public reporting, transparency and patient autonomy in the province of Quebec -- Jesse Wall, Human tissue, human rights and humanity -- Carsten Momsen and Mathis Schwarze, Autonomy and the right to (end one's?) life : a German perspective -- Ian Freckelton QC, end of life issues in Australia and NewZealand -- Barbara Reich, Comparative perspectives on medical aid in dying : the United States and Canada -- Clayton Ó Néill and Charles Foster, A right to health : a right granted, agreed, but limited or denied?

"This book examines the idea of a fundamental entitlement to health and healthcare from a human rights perspective. The volume is based on a particular conceptual reasoning that balances critical thinking and pragmatism in the context of a universal right to health. Thus, the primary focus of the book is the relationship or contrast between rights-based discourse/jurisprudential arguments and real-life healthcare contexts. The work sets out the constraints that are imposed on a universal right to health by practical realities such as economic hardship in countries, lack of appropriate governance and lack of support for the implementation of this right through the provision of appropriate resource allocation. It queries the degree to which the existence of this legally enshrined right and its application in instruments such as ICESCR and the UDHR can be more than an ephemeral aspiration but can, actually, sustain, promote and instil good practice. It further asks if social reality and the inequalities that present themselves therein impede the implementation of laudable human rights, particularly within marginalised communities and cadres of people. It deliberates on what States and global bodies do, or could do, in practical terms to ensure that such rights are moved beyond the aspirational and become attainable and implementable. Divided into three parts, the first analyses the notion of a universal inalienable right to health(care) from jurisprudential, anthropological, legal, and ethical perspectives. The second considers the translation of international human rights norms into specific jurisdictional healthcare contexts. With a global perspective it includes countries with very different legal, economic and social contexts. Finally, the third part summarises the lessons learnt and provides a pathway for future action"--