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Here is an interesting article on the topic of the right to health in the lancet:
Gruskin S, Mills EJ, Tarantola D (2007). "History, principles, and practice of health and human rights". Lancet. 370 (9585): 449–55.
doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61200-8.
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This article needs a criticism section. Not everyone believes that this right exists. -- 75.130.139.171 ( talk) 02:58, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
I completely agree. Furthermore, the "right to health" has lead to many interesting judicial decisions. It would be interesting to have a detailing about how courts in various jurisdictions have treated this right and what it entails - what treatments are covered etc. Nickkokay ( talk) 12:54, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
I think the addition of the word "theoretical" in the opening sentence would be NPOV and objective as all "rights" are indeed theoretical. Additionally, the addition of this word in the opening sentence of this Wiki would pay tribute to the fact that the status of this theory as a "right" is debated among mainstream politicians and laypeople. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.162.134.160 ( talk) 14:30, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
My name is Amol Utrankar, and I am a student in the Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities course at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The 'capstone' assignment for our course is to complete a substantial revision to a Wikipedia page, and believing the topic of healthcare as a human right to be an important scholarly issue, I have selected to make my contributions on this page.
The changes I intend to make are as follows:
Of course, as this is one of my first contributions to Wikipedia, I welcome the opportunity to hear suggestions and critiques from others on this proposed overhaul. Part of the experience of this project is the chance to be involved in a digital collaboration on a worldwide scale, so I appreciate any feedback that others (particularly those with more experience editing for Wikipedia) may have to offer. Thank you!
128.42.99.163 ( talk) 07:54, 26 September 2013 (UTC) Amolutrankar ( talk) 15:01, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
The following is a peer review of this article for the class we are enrolled in: To me, this looks very comprehensive! I would suggest that if there is other work done on this topic by bodies other than the UN/WHO/etc that you talk about it more (such as in the "Definitions in academic literature" section). I would also suggest adding more content to the "Human rights in patient care" section. The article is well-cited overall - more secondary sources could be helpful but nothing looks unsupported. Good job with NPOV, readability, and formatting. You could add images, but I'm not sure how necessary they are for an article of this nature. Overall, nice work. If you expand beyond a description of the policies surrounding the right to health, this article could be even better! Ktpost68 ( talk) 05:53, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Good job using your contributions to broaden the scope of the article. You seemed to have made sure that the right to health was covered from every perspective, and every viewpoint by a major organization was presented. There is the issue of primary sources, but you're obviously going to have deal with them given that they are where the right to health is codified. It would ideal if you could find a couple academic papers analyzing these sources and how they deal with the right to health, but that may not be possible. You do a good job of presenting relevant information from these sources without merely repeating what they say word for word, but also while not editorializing them and straying from what they say. Obviously, make sure that all ideas are cited. However, given that you are relying on just a few documents, you only need to link to them a few times. Even though you're not using the citation tool, I think the fact that you say what section in each document you are referring to whenever you make a claim really helps with finding the sources for your assertion.
I think this article could eventually be expanded to talk more about the theory and ideas behind why the right to health is important, as well as more on how it is implemented in countries. These contributions would probably require work from a number of editors and are probably beyond the scope of what you're doing. I like the idea of adding a section on criticisms, assuming legitimate criticisms of the right to health do exist. Overall, nice job! Bwl5 ( talk) 06:32, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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Here is an interesting article on the topic of the right to health in the lancet:
Gruskin S, Mills EJ, Tarantola D (2007). "History, principles, and practice of health and human rights". Lancet. 370 (9585): 449–55.
doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61200-8.
PMID
17679022.{{
cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
--
WS
20:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
This article needs a criticism section. Not everyone believes that this right exists. -- 75.130.139.171 ( talk) 02:58, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
I completely agree. Furthermore, the "right to health" has lead to many interesting judicial decisions. It would be interesting to have a detailing about how courts in various jurisdictions have treated this right and what it entails - what treatments are covered etc. Nickkokay ( talk) 12:54, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
I think the addition of the word "theoretical" in the opening sentence would be NPOV and objective as all "rights" are indeed theoretical. Additionally, the addition of this word in the opening sentence of this Wiki would pay tribute to the fact that the status of this theory as a "right" is debated among mainstream politicians and laypeople. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.162.134.160 ( talk) 14:30, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
My name is Amol Utrankar, and I am a student in the Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities course at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The 'capstone' assignment for our course is to complete a substantial revision to a Wikipedia page, and believing the topic of healthcare as a human right to be an important scholarly issue, I have selected to make my contributions on this page.
The changes I intend to make are as follows:
Of course, as this is one of my first contributions to Wikipedia, I welcome the opportunity to hear suggestions and critiques from others on this proposed overhaul. Part of the experience of this project is the chance to be involved in a digital collaboration on a worldwide scale, so I appreciate any feedback that others (particularly those with more experience editing for Wikipedia) may have to offer. Thank you!
128.42.99.163 ( talk) 07:54, 26 September 2013 (UTC) Amolutrankar ( talk) 15:01, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
The following is a peer review of this article for the class we are enrolled in: To me, this looks very comprehensive! I would suggest that if there is other work done on this topic by bodies other than the UN/WHO/etc that you talk about it more (such as in the "Definitions in academic literature" section). I would also suggest adding more content to the "Human rights in patient care" section. The article is well-cited overall - more secondary sources could be helpful but nothing looks unsupported. Good job with NPOV, readability, and formatting. You could add images, but I'm not sure how necessary they are for an article of this nature. Overall, nice work. If you expand beyond a description of the policies surrounding the right to health, this article could be even better! Ktpost68 ( talk) 05:53, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Good job using your contributions to broaden the scope of the article. You seemed to have made sure that the right to health was covered from every perspective, and every viewpoint by a major organization was presented. There is the issue of primary sources, but you're obviously going to have deal with them given that they are where the right to health is codified. It would ideal if you could find a couple academic papers analyzing these sources and how they deal with the right to health, but that may not be possible. You do a good job of presenting relevant information from these sources without merely repeating what they say word for word, but also while not editorializing them and straying from what they say. Obviously, make sure that all ideas are cited. However, given that you are relying on just a few documents, you only need to link to them a few times. Even though you're not using the citation tool, I think the fact that you say what section in each document you are referring to whenever you make a claim really helps with finding the sources for your assertion.
I think this article could eventually be expanded to talk more about the theory and ideas behind why the right to health is important, as well as more on how it is implemented in countries. These contributions would probably require work from a number of editors and are probably beyond the scope of what you're doing. I like the idea of adding a section on criticisms, assuming legitimate criticisms of the right to health do exist. Overall, nice job! Bwl5 ( talk) 06:32, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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on the course page.
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