The Right to Health in International Law

by John Tobin

The link between health and human rights has been recognized for many years, but the increasing visibility of the right to health in international law has been a distinct feature of the last decade. It has been embraced by actors within civil society, academics, health professionals, lawyers and courts in several jurisdictions as a tool to address health inequalities at the local and global level, in matters ranging from access to medicines and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199603294
• ISBN13: 9780199603299
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.4"