Abstract
John Tobin. The Right to Health in International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, 416 pages. ISBN: 978-0199603299 This book provides a historical, philosophical and practical guide to the right to health in international law. Going back as far as Aristotle's decree ‘men … have an absolute right to such measure of good health as society and society alone is able to give them’ through to the declaration of independence, and the WHO constitution ‘The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights … .’, the introduction of the book describes the right to health in international law as the product of a social process. In the second part, the meaning for the right to …
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