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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Right to Health
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Right to Health
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Delivery of Health Care > Health Services Accessibility > Right to Health
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Delivery of Health Care > Health Services Accessibility > Right to Health

Preferred term

Right to Health  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Right to accessible health services physically within reach for all sections of the population, including children, adolescents, older persons, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups as well as financially and on the basis of non-discrimination. Accessibility also implies the right to seek, receive and impart health-related information in an accessible format for all, including persons with disabilities, but does not impair the right to have personal health data treated confidentially.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Healthcare Rights
  • Health Rights
  • Right to Health Care
  • Right to Healthcare

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Droit à la santé

    French

  • Droit aux soins de santé
  • Droits en matière de santé
  • Droits en matière de soins de santé
  • Droits relatifs à la santé
  • Droits relatifs aux soins de santé

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VCNS2GH1-P

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