Social law and Medical law

Sin la menor duda, una de las aristas mas sensible de los temas y problemas de salud es la que se refiere a la Salud Publica; esto es la consideracion de las comunidades, grupos humanos y, en conjunto, de la sociedad, cuando se enfrentan epidemias, pandemias y graves crisis de salud.

El enfoque predominante de lo social centrado en la focalización, los subsidios a la demanda, la descentralización y la privatización que han dominado el escenario regional en las últimas décadas han conducido a incrementar la vulnerabilidad social y la pobreza -y con ellas el deterioro en las condiciones de salud y acceso a servicios de la población-, y han puesto de nuevo en la agenda la forma como los Estados deben brindar protección social a su población Los tiempos presentes marcan una mayor diversidad de decisiones sobre lo social, muchas de las cuales han tomado notorias distancias con respecto a las políticas hegemónicas que fueron instaladas en la mayor parte de los países en las décadas anteriores Esta publicación acoge ese debate y hace una contribución a la crítica y prospectiva sobre las orientaciones que subyacen a las reformas sectoriales y políticas de protección social en salud de los últimos tiempos Se apoya en desarrollos conceptuales alternativos sobre la cuestión social y los que surgen del análisis de distintas experiencias nacionales

En el Perú del siglo XXI, en el que la gastronomía y sus componentes autóctonos son una fuente de orgullo nacional, la desnutrición crónica infantil asciende a 18% y el 19,8% de niños de hasta 16 años sufre de sobrepeso o está en riesgo de obesidad.

Se ha demostrado que en los países donde se ha implementado el impuesto no ha habido pérdidas de puestos en las industrias afectadas ¿Por qué?

This publication provides updates on Social Protection Indicators of 24 countries in Asia, with an analysis of 2015 data on social protection programs.

Developing Asia has suffered as the COVID-19 pandemic persists.

Unique health identifiers help improve quality and continuum of care, strengthen surveillance of communicable diseases, eradicate diseases, and optimize provider and payer transactions in health financing schemes.

This publication presents findings of a study on the availability and provision of long-term care (LTC) in Sri Lanka, including the need for and supply of LTC, regulatory and policy frameworks, service provision, quality management, human resources, and financing.

This publication presents findings of a study on the availability and provision of long-term care (LTC) in Tonga.

This Simple Linear Actuarial Model (SLAM) manual is the accompanying publication to An Actuarial Model for Costing Universal Health Coverage in Armenia.

Migration for work is an important livelihood option for many households in Tajikistan due to limited job opportunities.

This report analyzes the complexities of health financing in Papua New Guinea with a focus on resource allocation, use, and accountability.

This guidance note provides a comprehensive overview of medical oxygen production, distribution, and use in Asia and the Pacific region, and explores how to improve systems over the medium and long term.

The Asian Development Bank is at the forefront of providing countries across Asia and the Pacific with the technical assistance needed to develop long-term care systems and services for older people.

This report explores digital solutions that can support the core business processes of public health insurance operators in Asia and the Pacific.

This edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses the outlook for 2021 and key issues for recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, including vaccine procurement and distribution.

This publication presents a detailed review and assessment of the governance, infrastructure, and financing aspects of hospital care in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is causing an unprecedented global impact on cities across the world.

The CAREC Health Strategy 2030 aims to enhance health security through regional cooperation, benefiting the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) region's population (including migrants and vulnerable population groups), health system managers and workers, and active development partners; and CAREC countries' ministries of health.

The global employment and skills landscape is changing fast in the fourth industrial revolution.

ADB's Strategy 2030's first operational priority focuses on addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities through a three-pronged strategy: investing in human capital and social protection, facilitating access to good-quality jobs, and reducing inequality of opportunity through such means as removing barriers to access to services and infrastructure, especially for the poor and vulnerable.

Unique health identifiers help improve quality and continuum of care, strengthen surveillance of communicable diseases, eradicate diseases, and optimize provider and payer transactions in health financing schemes.

The health and well-being of Asians took a battering during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

This publication presents findings of a study on the availability and provision of long-term care (LTC) in Thailand, including the need for and supply of LTC, regulatory and policy frameworks, service provision, quality management, human resources, and financing.

This publication presents findings of a study on the availability and provision of long-term care (LTC) in Mongolia including the need for and supply of LTC, regulatory and policy frameworks, service provision, quality management, human resources, and financing.

This book discusses the practice of free speech and its limitations - defamation and hate speech - in the context of Indonesia.

The book comprehensively analyses whether a State may be held responsible for environmental damage resulting from its wrongful conduct in international armed conflict.

This book addresses the needs of new clinical engineers, junior nurses, medics and operating department practitioners (ODPs) with regard to the fundamentals of many of the standard medical devices they will encounter in a hospital environment.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the intersection of computational intelligence, health informatics, and computer-aided diagnosis (CAD).

Alastair Hudson's Equity and Trusts is the ideal textbook for undergraduate courses on the law of trusts and equitable remedies.

This collection presents international viewpoints on interdisciplinary problems that fall under the new and emerging field of neurojustice.

This book demonstrates that art is implicit in the process of administration of international justice.

This book serves as a vital resource for clinicians, therapists, and individuals aiming to integrate their psychedelic experiences through the transformative practice of Art Therapy.

This book presents the findings from original research about court interpreting in the disciplines of humanities and social sciences from a linguistic perspective.

Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuserelated deaths, this book examines what DARDRs - first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) - are understood as being for, what is used by and in DARDRs, and how DARDRs are themselves used.

The book comprehensively analyses whether a State may be held responsible for environmental damage resulting from its wrongful conduct in international armed conflict.

This book proposes a framework for regulating sex robots - human-like machines designed to engage emotionally and sexually with users through customisable, often AI-powered features.

The book brings together a range of socio-legal and law and humanities scholars to elaborate and explore the idea of the legal 'masterplot'.