Archive: 2014

Margaux J. Hall Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract Scholars have increasingly recognized the ways in which climate change threatens the human rights of people around the world, with a disproportionate burden on the rights of already…

Sarah Glowa-Kollisch, Kelly Andrade, Richard Stazesky, Paul Teixeira, Fatos Kaba, Ross Macdonald, Zachary Rosner, Daniel Selling, Amanda Parsons, Homer Venters Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract The electronic health record (EHR) is a…

Audrey Chapman Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract A human rights approach is predicated on the responsibility of states to design health systems and implement health policies that are consistent with human rights requirements. However,…

Perry E. Sheffield, Kathleen T. Durante, Elena Rahona, Christina Zarcadoolas Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract Professional associations of health care workers are issuing policy statements on climate change and health with greater…

Lucy McAllister, Amanda Magee, Benjamin Hale Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract In this paper, we argue that a crossover class of climate change solutions (which we term “technological solutions”) may disproportionately and adversely…

Lloyd Burton and Paul Stretesky Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract The connection between human rights and climate change is most evident when examining carbon dioxide emissions that result from burning fossil fuels (e.g., sea level…