Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 259-274 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2016 |
Keywords
- Christopher Boorse
- Human rights
- Norman Daniels
- Right to health
- Right to health care
- Social determinants of health
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Issues, ethics and legal aspects