NURS1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intravenous Therapy, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Occupational Hygiene
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Human rights are universal and inalienable entitlements held by individuals because they are human, both the conditions for health and healthcare are mentioned in various international treaties. Human rights: rights held to be justifiably belonging to any person . Is a relationship: if and individual/group claims a human rights, another individual/group needs to uphold or protect that human right. Negative rights: require states not to interfere in the affairs of their citizens (e. g. privacy, freedom of expression, religion and freedom of movement) Positive rights: require states to actively implement measures to secure these rights (e. g. right to a clean environment, rights to education, health) Many social determinants of health fall into the positive rights category because there is an associated cost to governments (e. g. improve housing) Treaties with positive rights are less likely to be signed because countries are worried about having to meet their obligations.
