Routledge Research in Health Law
Regional Cooperation, Intellectual Property Law and Access to Medicines: A Holistic Approach for Least Developed Countries
1st Edition
By Tolulope Anthony Adekola
May 27, 2025
This book examines the potential for regionalisation of intellectual property law and policy as a means of improving pharmaceutical access for least developed countries. The challenge of sustainable access to pharmaceuticals continues to be an issue of global significance. While much has been ...
Passive Patient Culture in India: Disrespect in Law and Medicine
1st Edition
By Supriya Subramani
March 21, 2025
In a society shaped by deep inequalities, where healthcare and legal systems often reinforce class, caste, religion, and gender hierarchies, this book offers a powerful examination of patienthood in India. Through its critical approach, it seeks to disrupt binaries—such as universalistic and ...
International Human Rights Law and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Lessons from Africa and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Ebenezer Durojaye, Lucyline Murungi
May 27, 2024
This book reviews the challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the regional and national levels in Africa. It contains an analysis of the relevant norms and monitoring mechanisms at the regional level, and case studies from ...
Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: European Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Paweł Daniluk
May 27, 2024
This book shows how the legal systems of individual European countries protect patient autonomy. In particular, it explains the role of criminal law, that is, what criminal law protection of patient autonomy looks like on a European scale in both legal and social dimensions. Despite EU integration ...
Mental Health Law in China: A Socio-legal Analysis
1st Edition
By Bo Chen
January 29, 2024
This book provides an important critique of mental health law and practice in China, with a focus on involuntary detention and treatment. The work explores China’s mental health law reform regarding treatment decision-making in the new era of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with ...
Workplace Mental Health Law: Comparative Perspectives
1st Edition
By Takenori Mishiba
April 29, 2022
This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary study of occupational mental health legislation in seven countries. The work presents a study of the laws, policies, and legal interpretations to help prevent mental health problems from occurring in the workplace and appropriately address ...