Litigating health rights

From the publisher. The last fifteen years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of health rights cases focusing on issues such as access to health services and essential medications. This volume examines the potential of litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable for these obligations. It includes case studies from Costa Rica, South Africa, India, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, as well as chapters that address cross-cutting themes. The authors analyze what types of services and interventions have been the subject of successful litigation and what remedies have been ordered by courts. Different chapters address the systemic impact of health litigation efforts, taking into account who benefits both directly and indirectly -- and what the overall impacts on health equity are.

Year

2011

Language

English

Series

Human rights practice series

Publisher

Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School

Editions

1

Pages

435

ISBN

9780979639555

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