Healthcare as a Human Rights Issue : Normative Profile, Conflicts, and Implementation

The notion of a human right to health has various facets, such as its normative profile as a universal right, current political and legal conflicts, and contextualized implementation in different health care systems. The authors of this volume are assembled from different disciplines, including law, political science, ethics, and medicine, bringing together a broad variety of academic and practical perspectives on the question of health care as a human right.