| Description |
xxiii, 416 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Charting the history of the right to health -- The right to health : its conceptual foundations -- A methodology to produce a meaning for the right to health -- The meaning of the highest attainable standard of health -- The obligation to recognize the right to health by all appropriate means -- The progressive obligation to realize the right to health -- Specific measures required to secure the right to health -- The obligation to abolish traditional practices harmful to health -- The international obligation to secure the right to health -- Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-402) and index |
| Subject |
Right to health.
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Human rights -- Health aspects.
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| LC no. |
2011939857 |
| ISBN |
9780199603299 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0199603294 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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