Selvanayagam, M.Xavier SJ, Francis P2019-09-252019-09-252011-02-232009-071173-2571http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/176470"Human rights and the right to health care have explicit intrinsic connections and have emerged as powerful concepts with regard to human dignity and fullness of life. A rights-based approach to health uses International Human Rights treaties and proposes norms to hold governments accountable for their obligations. It recognizes the fact that the right to health is a fundamental right of every human being and it implies the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health that governments have the bounden responsibility for the health of the citizens which can be fulfilled only through the provision of adequate health care and social concern. The same should get integrated into research, advocacy strategies and research tools, including monitoring; community education and mobilization; litigation and policy formulation. The right to the highest attainable standard is encapsulated in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights."engWith permission of the license/copyright holderhealth careBioethicsMedical ethicsHealth ethicsArticle