Using the human rights paradigm in health ethics: the problems and the possibilities.
Human rights may be the most globalized political value of our times. The rights paradigm has been criticized, however, for being theoretically unsound, legalistic, individualistic and based on the assumption that there is a given and universal humanness. Its use in the area of health is relatively new. Proponents point to its power to frame health as an entitlement rather than a commodity. The problems and the possibilities of a rights approach in addressing health ethics issues are explored in this article.
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Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G3.
D004992:Ethics, Medical; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000941:ethics*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012935:Social Justice