Health Justice in India

Edward Premdas Pinto is a human rights advocate and public health pracademic (practitioner–scholar) and has been actively involved in processes of social justice of the marginalized communities for the last 25 years. His academic career encompasses multi-disciplinary scholarship from eminent institutions including Philosophy (Karnatak University, Dharwad),  Social Sciences (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai),  Bachelors and Masters in  Law (Karnataka Law University), PG Diploma in Human Rights Law (National Law School of India University), and a doctorate in public health and law (Jawahral Nehru University, Delhi). The domains of his scholarly contributions and teaching include health care jurisprudence, politics of health, health and human rights, and public health law, ethics and rights. His praxis of health justice continues through his active engagement with several international and national civil society networks and grassroots people’s collectives spearheading the processes of justice, dignity and wellbeing for the most marginalised. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Public Health and Law in Azim Premji University, Bengaluru (India).  

Chapter 1 - Introduction.- Chapter 2 - Citizenship, Pursuit of Health Justice and Health Care Jurisprudence.- Chapter 3 - An Overview of Health Care jurisprudence in India.- Chapter 4 - Health care Jurisprudence and Health Justice: Procedural and Substantive justice dimensions.- Chapter 5 - Health Justice and the dialectics of power: State, Medical Profession and Civil Society.- Chapter 6 - Conclusion: Unbundling Health Justice.