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</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Health Rights in Global
Historical Perspective: Call For Papers<br><br>
Conference at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,
London, UK, 17-18 February 2011<br><br>
The idea that individuals have rights within the context of health has
deep roots. The right to health was amongst the 'rights of man'
established during the French Revolution and patients' rights and
doctors' duties were of concern in places such as England from the
eighteenth century onwards. Rights to health care became
incorporated within European welfare states during the twentieth century
but, as more recent debates over health care in the USA demonstrate,
rights and health remain disputed territory. This conference aims
to explore the understanding and application of the notion of rights to
health within different historical and geographical settings. For
further information, please see attached PDF.<br>
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Proposals are invited that address the themes of the conference in any
historical period and geographical context. Papers will be limited
to 20 minutes in length. Please submit paper proposals, including a
300 word abstract and speakers' contact details to Alex.Mold@lshtm.ac.uk
by 1 October 2010.<br>
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Dr Alex Mold<br>
Lecturer in History<br>
Centre for History in Public Health<br>
Faculty of Public Health and Policy<br>
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine<br>
15-17 Tavistock Place<br>
London<br>
WC1H 9SH <br><br>
Tel. + 44 (0)20 7927 2166<br>
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www.lshtm.ac.uk/history</a><br><br>
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