Health for All? Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Implementation of the Right to Access to Health Care in South Africa

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dc.contributorMeer, Talia
dc.contributorSpencer, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorMuller, Alex
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-30T14:15:09Z
dc.date.available2018-07-30T14:15:09Z
dc.date.issued2016-08-31
dc.description.abstractThe framework of health and human rights provides for a comprehensive theoretical and practical application of general human rights principles in health care contexts that include the well-being of patients, providers, and other individuals within health care. This is particularly important for sexual and gender minority individuals, who experience historical and contemporary systematical marginalization, exclusion, and discrimination in health care contexts. In this paper, I present two case studies from South Africa to (1) highlight the conflicts that arise when sexual and gender minority individuals seek access to a heteronormative health system; (2) discuss the international, regional, and national human rights legal framework as it pertains to sexual orientation, gender identity, and health; and (3) analyze the gap between legislative frameworks that offer protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and their actual implementation in health service provision. These case studies highlight the complex and intersecting discrimination and marginalization that sexual and gender minority individuals face in health care in this particular context. The issues raised in the case studies are not unique to South Africa, however; and the human rights concerns illustrated therein, particularly around the right to health, have wide resonance in other geographical and social contexts.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMuller, A. (2016). Health for All? Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Implementation of the Right to Access to Health Care in South Africa. <i>Health and Human Rights Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28328en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMuller, Alex "Health for All? Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Implementation of the Right to Access to Health Care in South Africa." <i>Health and Human Rights Journal</i> (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28328en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMuller, A. 2016-08-31. Health for All? Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Implementation of the Right to Access to Health Care in South Africa. Health and Human Rights Journal.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Muller, Alex AB - The framework of health and human rights provides for a comprehensive theoretical and practical application of general human rights principles in health care contexts that include the well-being of patients, providers, and other individuals within health care. This is particularly important for sexual and gender minority individuals, who experience historical and contemporary systematical marginalization, exclusion, and discrimination in health care contexts. In this paper, I present two case studies from South Africa to (1) highlight the conflicts that arise when sexual and gender minority individuals seek access to a heteronormative health system; (2) discuss the international, regional, and national human rights legal framework as it pertains to sexual orientation, gender identity, and health; and (3) analyze the gap between legislative frameworks that offer protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and their actual implementation in health service provision. These case studies highlight the complex and intersecting discrimination and marginalization that sexual and gender minority individuals face in health care in this particular context. The issues raised in the case studies are not unique to South Africa, however; and the human rights concerns illustrated therein, particularly around the right to health, have wide resonance in other geographical and social contexts. DA - 2016-08-31 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Health and Human Rights Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Health for All? Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Implementation of the Right to Access to Health Care in South Africa TI - Health for All? Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Implementation of the Right to Access to Health Care in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28328 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/28328
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMuller A. Health for All? Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Implementation of the Right to Access to Health Care in South Africa. Health and Human Rights Journal. 2016; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28328.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth and Human Rights Journalen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentGender, Health and Justice Uniten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en_ZA
dc.sourceHealth and Human Rights Journalen_ZA
dc.source.urihttps://www.hhrjournal.org/
dc.titleHealth for All? Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Implementation of the Right to Access to Health Care in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordshuman rightsen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordssexual orientationen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsgender minorityen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsLGBT healthen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordslegislationen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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