Takes a humane approach to the issues of health rights, recognizing they are embedded in an interpersonal web of privileges and obligations understandable in particular socio-economic and cultural contexts. It should be of interest to policy makers, scientists, students, and practitioners.

This text aims to present a humane approach to the issues of health rights, recognizing they are embedded in an interpersonal web of privileges and obligations understandable in particular socio-economic and cultural contexts. It reflects the author's experience, and is aimed at policy makers as well as those concerned with human rights in general, scientists, practitioners, students of medicine, public health and other health professions, especially those whose interests cross national and cultural boundaries.

Health in the context of international human rights
human rights in the culture of science and technology
human rights aspects of reproductive technology
transplantation of adult and foetal organs and tissues
the new genetics - manipulation, screening, prediction
biomedical science and the rights of persons defined as mentally ill
sustaining the life of dying or comatose patients
biomedical technology - towards health for all?. Appendices: UNESCO/ISSC statement of 1985
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 1948
WFMH Declaration of Human Rights and Mental health, October 1989.