The purpose of this paper is to outline the current state of human rights teaching in schools of public health, medicine, and nursing in the United States and to provide a framework for discussions on the future development of health and human rights curricula in graduate health education. The paper includes a review of the need for human rights education in health professional schools, the relationship between human rights and bioethics, a profile of current instructors, a summary of content and methodology of present human rights education initiatives, and considerations for discussions among the Health and Human Rights Curriculum Project participants.
