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The right to health in international law

John Tobin
Print Book, English, 2012
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012
416 Seiten
9780199603299, 9780191731662, 0199603294, 0191731668
890820062
I. Clarifying expectations
II. Constructing a meaning for the right to health
A. The history of the right to health
B. The conceptual foundations of the right to health
C. The need for a persuasive methodology
D. The meaning of health
E. The obligation of states to recognize the right to health
1. Charting the History of the Right to Health
I. Introduction
II. From invisible to inalienable: the recognition of the right to health
III. The origins of the right to health
A. The need to navigate the dangers of excessive liberalism and collectivism
B. The nexus between war, rights, health, and peace
C. The WHO and the right to the highest attainable standard of health
D. The adoption of the UDHR and its aftermath
a common enemy unites then the Cold War divides
E. Using history to understand the meaning of the right to health
IV. The role of public health in delivering the right to health