Health (care) and human rights: a fundamental conditions approach

Many international declarations state that human beings have a human right to health care. However, is there a human right to health care? What grounds this right, and who has the corresponding duties to promote this right? Elsewhere, I have argued that human beings have human rights to the fundamen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Theoretical medicine and bioethics 2016-08, Vol.37 (4), p.259-274
1. Verfasser: Liao, S. Matthew
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Many international declarations state that human beings have a human right to health care. However, is there a human right to health care? What grounds this right, and who has the corresponding duties to promote this right? Elsewhere, I have argued that human beings have human rights to the fundamental conditions for pursuing a good life. Drawing on this fundamental conditions approach of human rights, I offer a novel way of grounding a human right to health care.
ISSN:1386-7415
1573-1200
1573-0980
DOI:10.1007/s11017-016-9373-9