How Do Courts Set Health Policy? The Case of the Colombian Constitutional Court

Alicia Ely Yamin and Oscar Parra-Vera

PLOS Medicine, 2009, vol. 6, issue 2, 1-4

Abstract: Alicia Ely Yamin and Oscar Parra-Vera discuss the case of Colombia, where a recent constitutional court decision demonstrates the involvement of the court in protecting fundamental rights to health.

Date: 2009
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