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[Does the Right to the right to health protection exist?]. 1996

X A López-de la Peña

Unidad de Medicina Crítica, Hospital General de Zona No. 1. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ags. México.

We review here the principal legislative foundations concerning the Right to right-to-health protection in Mexico, and write those involved in this area to become acquainted with this protection and to consequently act for the benefit of sick or well persons in our country.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007883	Legislation, Medical	Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body.	Medical Legislation
D008800	Mexico	A country in NORTH AMERICA, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between BELIZE and the UNITED STATES, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the UNITED STATES.
D010344	Patient Advocacy	Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.	Patient Ombudsmen,Patient Representatives,Clinical Ombudsman,Patient Ombudsman,Advocacy, Patient,Ombudsman, Clinical,Ombudsman, Patient,Ombudsmen, Patient,Patient Representative,Representative, Patient,Representatives, Patient
D006262	Health	The state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease.	Individual Health,Normalcy,Normality,Health, Individual,Normalcies,Normalities
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006806	Human Rights	The right of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provided by society, e.g., right to work, right to education, and right to social security.	Linguistic Rights,Right to Housing and Shelter,Rights of Indigenous Peoples,Collective Human Rights,Equal Rights,Human Rights, Collective,Indigenous Peoples Rights,Rights, Collective Human,Rights, Equal,Rights, Linguistic