Healthcare as a Universal Human Right Sustainability in Global Health

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This important book outlines how despite varying levels of global socio-economic development governments around the world can guarantee their citizens’ fundamental right to basic healthcare. Grounded in the philosophical position that healthcare is an essential element to human dignity the book moves beyond this theoretical principle to offer policy-makers a basis for health policies based on public accountability and social responsiveness. Also emphasizing the importance of global co-operation particularly in the area of health promotion and communication it addresses too the issue of financial sustainability suggesting robust mechanisms of economic and social regulation. New opportunities created by e-health evidence-based data and artificial intelligence are all highlighted and discussed as is the issue of patient rights. Students and researchers across bioethics public health and medical sociology will find this book fascinating reading as will policy-makers in the field. | Healthcare as a Universal Human Right Sustainability in Global Health