Unnamed fundamental rights as part of the guarantees of the right to health. the colombian case

This paper reviews the three approaches adopted by the Colombian Constitutional Court to justify the protection of the right to health, and questions whether other rights that are not constitutionally defined, i.e. the right to a precise diagnosis, the right to access medical records, and the right...

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Fecha de publicación:
2012
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/24110
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https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/24110
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Article
Court
Health care access
Health care policy
Human
Human rights
Informed consent
Law
Medical record
Colombia
Delivery of health care
Human rights
Humans
Colombian constitutional court
Informed consent
Right to health
Rights
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Summary:This paper reviews the three approaches adopted by the Colombian Constitutional Court to justify the protection of the right to health, and questions whether other rights that are not constitutionally defined, i.e. the right to a precise diagnosis, the right to access medical records, and the right to informed consent, also belong to the right to health or if they are distinctly different rights with a defined constitutional character.