healthcareright
nounUK /ˈhɛlθkeə raɪt/
US /ˈhɛlθkɛr raɪt/
A healthcare right is the belief that everyone should be able to get the medical help they need.
Many people think that a healthcare right means no one should be turned away from a doctor because they are poor.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A legal claim that a person can make to receive certain medical services from a government or insurer.
The new law created a healthcare right for emergency treatment regardless of ability to pay.
3. A moral principle that society owes every person access to basic medical services.
Activists argued that a healthcare right should be written into the constitution.
4. The specific entitlement of a patient to be treated fairly and with dignity by medical staff.
She insisted on her healthcare right to see her own medical records.