Roger S Magnusson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5565075 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger S Magnusson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger S |
| FAMILY NAME | Magnusson |
| SIGNATURE | MAGNUSSON R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lawrence O. Gostin, Katharina Ó Cathaoir, and Sarah A. Roache are with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC. Roger S. Magnusson is with the Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Rüdiger Krech, Steven A. Solomon, and Derek Walton are with the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Marie-Paule Kieny is with the World Health Organization, Inserm, France. David W. Patterson is with the International... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Advancing the Right to Health—The Vital Role of Law
The role of law and governance reform in the global response to non-communicable diseases
Addressing non-communicable diseases ("NCDs") and their risk-factors is one of the most powerful ways of improving longevity and healthy life expectancy for the foreseeable future - especially in low- and middle-income countries. This paper reviews the role of law and governance reform in that process. We highlight the need for a comprehensive approach that is grounded in the right to health and addresses three aspects: preventing NCDs and their …
Obesity prevention and personal responsibility
Food industry resistance to an interpretive food labelling scheme is an important test for government, and a case study of how self-interest prompts industry to promote weaker, voluntary schemes that pre-empt and undermine progressive public health regulation
Non-communicable diseases and global health governance
This paper assesses progress in the development of a global framework for responding to non-communicable diseases, as reflected in the policies and initiatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank and the UN: the institutions most capable of shaping a coherent global policy. Responding to the global burden of chronic disease requires a strategic assessment of the global processes that are likely to be most effective in generating co…
The response of health care workers to Aids patients' requests for euthanasia
This paper reports on research into the practice of euthanasia amongst Australian health care professionals specializing in HIV/AIDS. It draws on data from thirty-nine semi-structured interviews carried out in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra with physicians, general practitioners, hospital and community nurses, therapists and community workers. Using a qualitative methodology, the study seeks to identify how (illegal) euthanasia is curre…
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The response of health care workers to Aids patients' requests for euthanasia
This paper reports on research into the practice of euthanasia amongst Australian health care professionals specializing in HIV/AIDS. It draws on data from thirty-nine semi-structured interviews carried out in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra with physicians, general practitioners, hospital and community nurses, therapists and community workers. Using a qualitative methodology, the study seeks to identify how (illegal) euthanasia is curre…
Non-communicable diseases and global health governance
This paper assesses progress in the development of a global framework for responding to non-communicable diseases, as reflected in the policies and initiatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank and the UN: the institutions most capable of shaping a coherent global policy. Responding to the global burden of chronic disease requires a strategic assessment of the global processes that are likely to be most effective in generating co…
Obesity prevention and personal responsibility
Food industry resistance to an interpretive food labelling scheme is an important test for government, and a case study of how self-interest prompts industry to promote weaker, voluntary schemes that pre-empt and undermine progressive public health regulation
The role of law and governance reform in the global response to non-communicable diseases
Addressing non-communicable diseases ("NCDs") and their risk-factors is one of the most powerful ways of improving longevity and healthy life expectancy for the foreseeable future - especially in low- and middle-income countries. This paper reviews the role of law and governance reform in that process. We highlight the need for a comprehensive approach that is grounded in the right to health and addresses three aspects: preventing NCDs and their …
Advancing the Right to Health—The Vital Role of Law
Political science (4 works) · Health care (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (2 works) · Health Policy (2 works)