Review of: Nicole Hasson's, Global Health Impact: Extending Access to Essential Medicines
Global Health Impact: Extending Access to Essential Medicines (Oxford University Press: 2020) By: Nicole Hassoun Reviewed for Choice Magazine by Ronald F. White This interdisciplinary book argues that all human beings have a right to access the “essential medicines” that restore and/or maintain health. With nearly 100 pages of footnotes and references, this book’s target audience is interdisciplinary scholars who have (at least) a working knowledge of rights-based ethics and health policy. Most critics will agree that this book is not easily accessible to a popular audience. Ch apter 1 claims that all human beings ought to have an enforceable legal right to health, including access to essential medicines for diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS in order to live a minimally good life. Chapter 2 suggests that this legal right will foster “creative resolve” on the part of duty-bearers who address shortcomings. Chapter 3 presents creative new ways to use data on