Letters
Human rights are based on consensus
BMJ 1999; 319 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.319.7218.1203 (Published 30 October 1999) Cite this as: BMJ 1999;319:1203
- Diarmid J G Weir, former general practitioner (djgw@febl.abel.co.uk)
- 8 Alnwickhill Gardens, Edinburgh EH16 6NF
EDITOR—Doctors, among all those whose work is based on the scientific method, must guard most against taking apparently logical arguments too far. Barlow's rejection of the proposal that health care is a human right is such a case.1 He bases this rejection on three points: …
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