From Health or Human Rights to Health and Human Rights

Where Do We Go from Here

Bibliographic Data

ID12440320
AuthorsNahid F Toubia, NF Toubia (Research for Action, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume1
Issue2
Pages136-136
Publication date1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth and Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1079-0969 • E-ISSN: 2150-4113
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/4065210
PMID10395717
OpenAlexW2440650289
LanguageEN
Citations received4

I or many, it seems only sensible-and fairly obviousthat health is a human right. But such a conviction is still not commonly held among the majority of those working in the health field. Modern medicine and its powerful institutions, well established in every country in the world, leave us with a heritage of professional patronage in which decisions affecting health are the prerogative of physicians and senior health workers. At best, health is considered a basic service to be delivered by governments and physicians, rather than a basic right of individuals and communities. Adoption of the human paradigm has the potential to revolutionize the health field. The human right principle that human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights is a powerful concept in spite of its simplicity. By applying the principle of equality to health, we have no choice but to examine the relationship between the individual and all those who have power to affect his or her health. In general, the medical literature reports only on disease resulting from natural causes, while physical and psychologi

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