The right to health in international law /
John Tobin.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- xxiii, 416 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-402) and index.
Introduction -- Charting the history of the right to health -- The right to health : its conceptual foundations -- A methodology to produce a meaning for the right to health -- The meaning of the highest attainable standard of health -- The obligation to recognize the right to health by all appropriate means -- The progressive obligation to realize the right to health -- Specific measures required to secure the right to health -- The obligation to abolish traditional practices harmful to health -- The international obligation to secure the right to health -- Conclusion.