Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz
Biographic Data
| ID | 887617 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Octávio Luiz Motta |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferraz |
| SIGNATURE | FERRAZ O L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0764-7494 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Health as a Human Right
Does human rights law work? This book engages in this heated debate through a detailed analysis of thirty years of the right to health - perhaps the most complex human right - in Brazil. Are Brazilians better off three decades after the enactment of the right to health in the 1988 Constitution? Has the flurry of litigation experienced in Brazil helped or harmed the majority of the population? This book offers an in-depth analysis of these complex…
Still the Country of the Future
Has Brazil made significant social progress during the longest left-wing democratic government in its history, the Workers’ Party (PT, Partido dos Trabalhadores) rule from 2002 to 2016
J. Tobin, The Right to Health in International Law
What role, if any, can the right to health play in improving people’s health in a world where, despite significant technological advancement and a yearly global expenditure of $US5.3 trillion in the field, millions of individuals still die everyday of health problems—such as diarrhoea, malaria, tuberculosis, malnutrition—easily preventable with simple public health and medical interventions? This is the important question that John Tobin sets him…
Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade
This article discusses the right to health as provided by the Brazilian Constitution in light of the increasing number of court rulings that order government to supply health products and services that have not been incorporated into public policies by other means. Using the Constitution's concept of health as the point of departure, authors demonstrate that guaranteeing the right to health requires more comprehensive social and economic policies…
Justiça distributiva para formigas e cigarras
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo
Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade
This article discusses the right to health as provided by the Brazilian Constitution in light of the increasing number of court rulings that order government to supply health products and services that have not been incorporated into public policies by other means. Using the Constitution's concept of health as the point of departure, authors demonstrate that guaranteeing the right to health requires more comprehensive social and economic policies…
Justiça distributiva para formigas e cigarras
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo
Justiça distributiva para formigas e cigarras
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo
Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade
This article discusses the right to health as provided by the Brazilian Constitution in light of the increasing number of court rulings that order government to supply health products and services that have not been incorporated into public policies by other means. Using the Constitution's concept of health as the point of departure, authors demonstrate that guaranteeing the right to health requires more comprehensive social and economic policies…
J. Tobin, The Right to Health in International Law
What role, if any, can the right to health play in improving people’s health in a world where, despite significant technological advancement and a yearly global expenditure of $US5.3 trillion in the field, millions of individuals still die everyday of health problems—such as diarrhoea, malaria, tuberculosis, malnutrition—easily preventable with simple public health and medical interventions? This is the important question that John Tobin sets him…
Still the Country of the Future
Has Brazil made significant social progress during the longest left-wing democratic government in its history, the Workers’ Party (PT, Partido dos Trabalhadores) rule from 2002 to 2016
Health as a Human Right
Does human rights law work? This book engages in this heated debate through a detailed analysis of thirty years of the right to health - perhaps the most complex human right - in Brazil. Are Brazilians better off three decades after the enactment of the right to health in the 1988 Constitution? Has the flurry of litigation experienced in Brazil helped or harmed the majority of the population? This book offers an in-depth analysis of these complex…
Political science (4 works) · Brazilian Legal Issues (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Constitution (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Human Rights and Development (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Population (2 works)