Power suf fering and the struggle for dignity human rights frameworks for health and why they matter by alicia ely y amin with a foreword by paul farmer philadelphia university of. In power suffering and the struggle for dignity the many personal encounters yamin shares as part of a long career in health and human rights attest to the global inequalities that significantly constrain individual life chances indeed as she points out statistics are of course necessary to illustrate trends and probabilities and to place individual stories in context however by . Power suffering and power suffering and the struggle for dignity human rights frameworks for health and why they matter alicia ely yamin global health and human rights initiative fellow alumna university of pennsylvania press december 2015 order the book online a brilliant highly readable and moving book philip alston un special rapporteur on human rights and extreme . Book description directed at a diverse audience of students legal and public health practitioners and anyone interested in understanding what human rights based approaches hrbas to health and development mean and why they matterpower suffering and the struggle for dignityprovides a solid foundation for comprehending what a human rights framework implies and the potential for social . Power suffering and the struggle for dignity human rights frameworks for health and why they matter by alicia ely yamin philadelphia pa university of pennsylvania press 2016 313 pp 6995 hardcover