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Comparative Healthcare Lawby Peter De Cruz
Routledge-Cavendish 2001; US$ 67.95This work provides a thematic, comparative and accessible analysis of key areas of healthcare law in England and Wales, comparing these primarily with various selected common law and civil law jurisdictions, within a framework of law and medical ethics. more...
Courting Rightsby World Health Organization
World Health Organization 2006; US$ 13.50Over the years, people living with or affected by HIV have sometimes successfully claimed the protection of the law. In other instances, courageous activists have challenged the law to embody the human rights protections they deserve. This volume presents 30 summaries of court or tribunal proceedings aimed at defending or securing the human rights of people living with or vulnerable to HIV. With an emphasis on cases from developing countries, this volume examines key litigation efforts to advance a ''human rights-based approach'' to HIV on three fronts: discrimination, access to treatment and prevention and care for prisoners. more...
International Health Regulations (2005) by World Health Organization
World Health Organization 2006; US$ 18.00In consideration of the increases in international travel and trade, and emergence and re-emergence of new international disease threats, the Forty-eighth World Health Assembly in 1995 called for a substantial revision of the International Health Regulations. The new Regulations will enter into force on June 15, 2007. The purpose and scope of the new Regulations are ''to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease in ways that are commensurate with and restricted to public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade.'' Because the Regulations are not limited to certain diseases, but are applicable to new or evolving disease threats,... more...
International Health Regulations (2005) by World Health Organization
World Health Organization 2006; US$ 22.50In consideration of the increases in international travel and trade, and emergence and re-emergence of new international disease threats, the Forty-eighth World Health Assembly in 1995 called for a substantial revision of the International Health Regulations. The new Regulations will enter into force on June 15, 2007. The purpose and scope of the new Regulations are ''to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease in ways that are commensurate with and restricted to public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade.'' Because the Regulations are not limited to certain diseases, but are applicable to new or evolving disease threats,... more...
Reglamento sanitario internacional (2005) by World Health Organization
World Health Organization 2006; US$ 18.00La finalidad y el alcance del nuevo Reglamento son ''prevenir la propagación internacional de enfermedades, proteger contra esa propagación, controlarla y darle una respuesta de salud pública de forma proporcionada con los riesgos y las amenazas para la salud pública y evitando al mismo tiempo las interferencias innecesarias con el tráfico internacional''. Este nuevo reglamento contiene varias novedades sin precedentes y entrará en vigor en junio de 2007. En las nuevas disposiciones se han revisado y puesto al día también muchas de las funciones reguladoras técnicas y de otro tipo, en particular los certificados para los viajes y transportes internacionales, así como los requisitos para los puertos y aeropuertos internacionales y los pasos... more...
Globalization and Healthby Belinda Bennett; George F. Tomossy
Springer 2006; US$ 189.00As a result of globalization, issues in health law and bioethics can no longer be understood solely within political boundaries that define traditional notions of individuals and communities. This book explores ethical and legal dilemmas in healthcare arising from globalization. more...
Rechtshandbuch Medizinische Versorgungszentrenby Franz-Josef Dahm; Karl-Heinz Möller; Rudolf Ratzel
Springer 2005; US$ 79.95Mit den Medizinischen Versorgungszentren hat der Gesetzgeber eine Versorgungsform geschaffen, die mehr Kooperation, aber auch Wettbewerb eröffnen soll. Nicht wenige der neuen Regelungen sind jedoch mit anderen Vorgaben des Gesundheitswesens nur unzureichend abgestimmt. Dadurch entstehen in der Rechtsanwendungspraxis erhebliche Probleme für Berater und potentielle Betreiber. Ziel des Buches ist es, diese Probleme aufzuzeigen und wo möglich, Lösungsansätze anzubieten. more...
Evgeny Pashukanisby Michael Head
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 61.95A thorough examination of Pashukanis writings, this book is a significant contribution to a proper assessment of Pashukanis work, the value of his theoretical legacy and the contemporary relevance of Marxist legal theory. more...
Soviet Legal Innovations and the Law of the Western Worldby John Quigley
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 82.00This book looks at the Soviet style of law that was adopted slowly in the West during the twentieth century. more...
International Health Regulations 2005by WHO
World Health Organization 2008; US$ 20.00In consideration of the increases in international travel and trade, and emergence and reemergence of international disease threats and other health risks, the Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly in 2005 adopted the revised International Health Regulations (IHR). The new IHR entered into force on 15 June 2007. Their stated purpose and scope are "to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease in ways that are commensurate with and restricted to public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade." Because the IHR are not limited to specific diseases, but are applicable to health risks, irrespective of their origin or source,... more...









