Rights and Support for Patients with Transmissible Infectious Diseases: Focus on Hepatitis B & C (English Edition)

About this book

Transmissible infectious diseases are among the serious public health challenges of the present day. They threaten physical health, but they also carry deep psychological, social and economic consequences. Hepatitis B and C occupy a particular place in that picture — widespread, transmitted by several routes, and capable of severe complications, which is why they demand attention at scientific, legal and social levels alike.

Beyond the medical and therapeutic questions lies a dimension that is often overlooked: the human and social rights of patients. People with hepatitis B and C frequently encounter discrimination and public ignorance on top of the illness. In many cases they are denied access to proper treatment, and meet obstacles in workplaces, in educational settings, and even within their families.

This book is a response to that need. It takes a comprehensive approach — scientific, legal, social and psychological — with the aim of raising public awareness and improving the legal and social standing of these patients. Its purpose goes past supplying medical information: it is an attempt to create a fairer and more humane environment for people who are too often marginalised by society's silence or neglect.

By offering practical solutions and stressing the importance of legal and social support, it argues for a culture of support and for advocacy on behalf of patients' human and legal rights. It is written to be useful to policymakers, legal professionals, healthcare providers, and general readers alike.

Let us take a step together towards building a more informed, compassionate, and just society for all, especially for patients with hepatitis B and C.Prof. Seyed-Moayed Alavian and Dr. Seyede Hoda Alavian — from the introduction

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