{"product_id":"to-heal-humankind-9781138067226","title":"To Heal Humankind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe human right to healthcare has had a remarkable rise. It is found in numerous international treaties and national constitutions, it is litigated in courtrooms across the globe, it is increasingly the subject of study by scholars across a range of disciplines, andperhaps most importantlyit serves as an inspiring rallying cry for health justice activists throughout the world. However, though increasingly accepted as a principle, the historical roots of this right remain largely unexplored. \u003ci\u003eTo Heal Humankind: The Right to Health in History \u003c\/i\u003efills that gap, combining a sweeping historical scope and interdisciplinary synthesis. Beginning with the Age of Antiquity and extending to the Age of Trump, it\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eanalyzes how healthcare has been conceived and provided as both a right and a commodity over time and space, examining the key historical and political junctures when the right to healthcare was widened or diminished in nations around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Heal Humankind \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eI can’t imagine a more timely or urgent book. Adam Gaffney’s excellent \u003cem\u003eTo Heal Humankind\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping account of a simple moral idea: that every human being deserves the right to live a healthy, dignified life. Gaffney is a medical doctor, yet he writes like a novelist and researches like an historian. This book will be required reading and will confirm Gaffney’s role as one of our most valued public voices.\" - Greg Grandin, New York University, and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Adam Gaffney has written the most important book yet on the right to health, its history, and its future. With breathtaking scholarship and activist values that reflect his passionate work to improve access to care, this masterpiece traces health as a human right to its ancient origins and through each phase of its turbulent history throughout the world, to the present period of debate and struggle. Gaffney moves far beyond prior efforts, and the book will become a classic that will grip the attention of anyone concerned about the right to health for years to come.\" - Howard Waitzkin, University of New Mexico, and author of \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Public Health at the End of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter I. Health, Rights, and Welfare: Antiquity to the Early Modern Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter II: Enlightenment and Revolution: The Rights—and the Health—of Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter III: Public Health, Social Medicine, and Industrial Capitalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter IV: Blood and Iron and Health Insurance: Towards the Modern Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter V: The Rhetoric and Reality of Health Rights in Depression and War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter VI: Postwar: Health and Death in the Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter VII: The Right to Health in the Age of Neoliberalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019454054743,"sku":"9781138067226","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138067226.jpg?v=1750780320","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-heal-humankind-9781138067226","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}