A reassessment of the right to health care.
This paper examines the right to health care in the Netherlands as provided for under the Constitution. The author discusses the relationships between human rights, economic forces and political choices in this connection and offers a view that these are due for reassessment.
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, Department of Pharmaceutical Affairs and Medical Technology, Medical Technology Division, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Janny
J
Rijlaarsdam
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D035082:Federal Government; D006806:Human Rights / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D011057:Politics