About the Author

Alicia Ely Yamin is Visiting Professor of Law and Program Director, Health and Human Rights Initiative, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center. She is also Adjunct Lecturer on Law and Global Health at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Reviews

"This book deftly illustrates the core purpose of a human rights-based approach—eradicating the suffering arising from dramatic inequality within and between nations."—From the Foreword, by Paul Farmer