Health systems can too often violate basic rights. The Practitioner Guide Series offers practical, how-to manuals for advancing human rights in patient care.
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Law and Health
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May 16, 2013 | by
Leo Beletsky, Tamar Ezer, Jonathan Cohen
Law and Health
The Open Society Foundations promote societies in which the rule of law and respect for human rights safeguard the health status of all, especially the most marginalized and vulnerable. This includes people living with HIV or tuberculosis, people needing palliative care, people who use drugs, people with intellectual disabilities, prisoners and detainees, ethnic minorities, sex workers, and sexual minorities.
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Making Laws Work for Patients
May 16, 2013Violations of human rights in health care are widespread in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. A series of how-to manuals offers lawyers, patients, and health officials tools for ensuring proper treatment and care for all.
Pretrial Detention: Jailed with no Trial, Condemned to Illness and Death
May 9, 2013 2Condemning people to pain and illness while they wait for a trial isn’t justice, it’s cruelty. And it must stop.
A Signature Is Not Enough
March 25, 2013 5Protecting patients from forced sterilization will require more than signed forms to ensure consent.
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