title: [Salomon Neumann (1819-1908) and the Right to Health].
abstract: The "Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)" of the United Nations (UN) of 1948 sets out a right to health as a common ideal and aspiration. In his writings on the reform of the Prussian Medical Charter "Public Health and property" 100 years before the UDHR was set out, the Jewish physician Salomon Neumann had defined health as a right for every citizen, a right that should to be protected by a public system of health care. His reasoning went beyond contemporaneous critical social discussion. Right of humans to health has been acknowledged nationally and internationally; in the Federal Republic of Germany, the question as to whether there is a basic right to health is still open.
authors.affiliation: Gesundheitsamt der Stadt Augsburg, Ltd. Med.Direktor a.D.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gostomzyk
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention, Mannheim.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Mittelstaedt
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D033161:Government Regulation / Q000266:history*; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000266:history*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D038622:Internationality; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000266:history*