"Published on behalf of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe by Palgrave Macmillan."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-158) and index.

Restoring hope / Ted Karpf -- The demand for equity / Kevin Moody -- Decency in a globalizing world : care of people living with HIV / Eduardo Mendieta -- HIV and AIDS, decent care, and the traditions of the Catholic social teaching / Phyllis Hughes -- The biblical mandate to care and cure / David Rosen -- An Islamic view of health and sickness : how our core values promote decent care / Sayed Elzenari -- Decent care for people living with HIV : what are we waiting for? / Anne-christine d'Adesky and Kathryn Anastos -- Care in a season of AIDS : an Islamic perspective / Farid Esack -- Towards a state of good health : a dharmic view of HIV / Swami Agnivesh -- A Buddhist perspective on decent care / Nampet Panichpant-Michelsen -- Decent care for life / Gary R. Gunderson and Teresa F. Cutts -- Decent care and HIV : a holistic approach / Esther Mombo -- Ubi caritas? care as faith in action / Denise M. Ackermann -- A patient-centred approach to universal decent care / Shoshanna Sofaer -- Universal access to compassion and empathy, a cornerstone of decent care / Larry Dossey -- From GIPA to CAP : a new model to health entitlement / Cathleen E. Crain and Nathaniel Tashima -- "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" / David Barr.