Further Praise for

THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH

“A broad-ranging, insightful analysis of the complex practical and ethical issues involved in global health.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Wolff convincingly argues that good health care is a fundamental responsibility of governments to its citizens. . . . Wolff . . . artfully describes the bumpy, politicized road that advocates have traveled to add health to the American mantra of ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’ ”

—Publishers Weekly

“A welcome, indeed important, intervention in the ongoing discussion of one of the world’s most pressing problems. A first-rate philosophical treatment of this issue, fully informed by facts and sensitive to empirical problems, is long overdue, and Wolff has delivered it in an accessible and appealing yet also rigorous fashion. He argues that despite the good grounds for various forms of skepticism about recognizing such a right, the idea, conceived in a suitably careful way, is important as a spur to innovation and creative problem-solving.”

—Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago

“By synthesizing theories and action on the human right to health, Jonathan Wolff presents a refreshing paradigm of cautious idealism on the right to health. This book is a must for local and global policy makers and for students of global and public health.”

—Peter Piot, director of the London School of Tropical Medicine and former executive director of UNAIDS

“Highly recommended [for] academic and professional audiences [at] all levels.”

—M. L. Charleroy, Choice magazine

“An accessible and informative exploration of the relationship between health and human rights as it has been construed on both national and international levels.”

—A. Klink, Library Journal