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Using international human rights law to guarantee the right to health: a Brazilian experience

Morais de Oliveira, Iago (2016) Using international human rights law to guarantee the right to health: a Brazilian experience. LSE Human Rights Blog (13 Dec 2016). Website.

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Abstract

In 2014, fourteen families searched for assistance from the Public Prosecution of the State of Paraíba to guarantee the right to an effective medical treatment for their relatives—sixteen patients who suffered from several neurological conditions which caused multiple seizures a day (sometimes 20 in one single afternoon).

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights
Additional Information: © 2016 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States)
K Law > K Law (General)
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Date Deposited: 06 Jun 2017 11:39
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2024 01:02
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80124

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