Reviews
"Larry Gostin and Zita Lazzarini, scholars who have been at the forefront of identifying the legal, ethical and human rights aspects of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic, consider a method by which to evaluate and understand the sensitive interrelationship between public health intervention and humanrights. The book is also the first comprehensive compilation of HIV/AIDS and human rights sources and further documents the close connection between health promotion and human rights....Gostin and Lazzarini have nonetheless provided a valuable guide for policymakers in developing public health andhuman rights initiatives and increased awareness of the human rights impact on public health. The book serves as an excellent teaching device, chronicling diverse legal and public health issues made evident by the HIV/AIDS pandemic experience."--The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, "Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic provides a grealty needed background work in this field.... The book lays the foundation for considering human rights in relation to all public health policies and comes at a particularly important time....Human Rights and Public Health inthe AIDS Pandemic is a welcome, comprehensive argument for human rights as an integral part of public health and should be a benchmark reference for public health policy makers."--Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, "The thesis of the book is well researched and thoroughly referenced anddocumented. Its bibliography is notable forits comprehensive compilation ofdocuments, books, and articles..."--Doody's Journal, "Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic provides a grealtyneeded background work in this field.... The book lays the foundation forconsidering human rights in relation to all public health policies and comes ata particularly important time....Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDSPandemic is a welcome, comprehensive argument for human rights as an integralpart of public health and should be a benchmark reference for public healthpolicy makers."--Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, "The authors, both of whom are leading public health law scholars, set forth a lucid and succinct account of human rights law in the context of the AIDS pandemic."--Legal Information ALERT, "The thesis of the book is well researched and thoroughly referenced and documented. Its bibliography is notable for its comprehensive compilation of documents, books, and articles.... The author's use of case studies to apply the human rights impact assessment model they propose is aninteresting method of bringing theory into practice"--Doody's Health Sciences Review Journal, "The authors tackle the challenge of presenting human rights law to public health practitioners, and public health issues to lawyers. The result is a comprehensive book that uses mutual concerns about AIDS to link human rights practitioners with public health practitioners by the discussionof case studies comprehensive to both....It justifies a place on the bookshelves of practitioners of public and other health disciplines."--Canadian Medical Association Journal, "Professor Lawrence Gostin...and his co-author Zita Lazzarini...have in this unique volume synthesized all of the information available on the pandemic of AIDS and have eloquently argued that the advocates for the victims of AIDS need to forge new links between human rights and the communitiesthat are involved in HIV/AIDS....For observers who feel overwhelmed at the pandemic of AIDS and for students of international human rights, this carefully crafted study will be indispensable. Indeed it may become a prophetic voice linking the promises and guarantees of international human rights tothe growing number of persons afflicted with one of the deadliest diseases in the of the human race."--Human Rights Quarterly, " ... a comprehensive book ... justifies a place on the bookshelves of practitioners of public and other health disciplines." CMA Journal (June 1998), "This is a book that should be required reading by all of those in the policy making arena of the government....A highly recommended book for all academic libraries."--AIDS Book Review Journal, "Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS pandemic, by Lawrence Gostinand Zita Lazzarini, is a carefully written, comprehensive guide to many of theethical and philosophical issues generated by the tension between these tworealms. It will be a valuable guide for people working in the field and forthose seeking to acquaint themselves with the major themes."--Joournal of theAmerican Medical Association, "Larry Gostin and Zita Lazzarini, scholars who have been at the forefrontof identifying the legal, ethical and human rights aspects of the HIV/AIDSPandemic, consider a method by which to evaluate and understand the sensitiveinterrelationship between public health intervention and human rights. The bookis also the first comprehensive compilation of HIV/AIDS and human rights sourcesand further documents the close connection between health promotion and humanrights....Gostin and Lazzarini have nonetheless provided a valuable guide forpolicymakers in developing public health and human rights initiatives andincreased awareness of the human rights impact on public health. The bookserves as an excellent teaching device, chronicling diverse legal and publichealth issues made evident by the HIV/AIDS pandemic experience."--The FletcherForum of World Affairs, "The language used to introduce the reader to the international legal issues that underscore the book is precise without being too scholarly. That percision and the authors' economy of style help the reader comprehend the nuances of the evolving body of law on the complex dimensions ofinternational human rights. The same topic visited by other authors might have easily missed its mark. The authors also give us something more-a seven-step matrix which can be used to evaluate public policies and programs to diminish conflicts that often arise between individual rights and thepublic good....Larry Gostin and Zita Lazzarini have given us a remarkable gift with Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic."--Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, "The authors, both of whom are leading public health law scholars, setforth a lucid and succinct account of human rights law in the context of theAIDS pandemic....The authors' presentation...is lucid and non-technical on bothmedical and levels."--Legal Information ALERT, "Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS pandemic, by Lawrence Gostin and Zita Lazzarini, is a carefully written, comprehensive guide to many of the ethical and philosophical issues generated by the tension between these two realms. It will be a valuable guide for people working in thefield and for those seeking to acquaint themselves with the major themes."--Journal of the American Medical Association, " ... a comprehensive book ... justifies a place on the bookshelves ofpractitioners of public and other health disciplines." CMA Journal (June1998)
