The right to health in international law
By: John Tobin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780199603299
Subjects: Human rights; Right to health; Health aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-402) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Charting the history of the right to health; title: The right to health : its conceptual foundations; title: A methodology to produce a meaning for the right to health; title: The meaning of the highest attainable standard of health; title: The obligation to recognize the right to health by all appropriate means; title: The progressive obligation to realize the right to health; title: Specific measures required to secure the right to health; title: The obligation to abolish traditional practices harmful to health; title: The international obligation to secure the right to health; title: Conclusion.