Book contents
- Health As a Human Right
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Health As a Human Right
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Map
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Politics of the Right to Health
- Part II The Judicialisation of the Right to Health
- Part III What Role for Courts?
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series page
1 - Introduction
Does the Right to Health Matter?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 January 2021
Book contents
- Health As a Human Right
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Health As a Human Right
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Map
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Politics of the Right to Health
- Part II The Judicialisation of the Right to Health
- Part III What Role for Courts?
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series page
Summary
What is the point of recognising health as a human right in the constitution? Does it make any difference to the actual health of the people these rights are supposed to benefit? If so, through what precise mechanisms? Can they be improved? It is of course a truism that writing things on a piece of paper, even if we call it a constitution, does not automatically change things on the ground. But whether it does change anything, and if so by how much, and how, are difficult and contentious matters over which debate has raged for a long time.
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- Health as a Human RightThe Politics and Judicialisation of Health in Brazil, pp. 1 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020