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Concept of the Right to Health Care
Concept of the Right to Health Care

Author(s): Tomas Čelkis, Eglė Venckienė
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Mykolas Romeris University
Keywords: human dignity; right to health care; health system; health care; public health;

Summary/Abstract: On the grounds of the fundamental value of the human rights, which is the human dignity, this article describes a basis of the right to health care in terms of quality, discloses its concept, reviews the spheres of health system in which this right is exercised: health care and public health. The right to health care is stressed as one of the fundamental rights, without which the person will not able to enjoy other rights: economic, political and social rights. It comprises the right to enjoy the best physical and mental health. The right to health care is not absolute in itself: efficiency of its implementation depends upon both ability of administrative and institutional systems, which were created by the state, to properly implement the assigned functions and upon the individual, its state of health and lifestyle.

  • Issue Year: 18/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 269-286
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English