一、引言健康权是联合国经社文权利公约中规定的一项重要权利。世界上许多国家的宪法也明确规定了健康权。根据Eleanor D.Kinney和Brain Alexander Clark两位教授对第二次世界大战后世界各国宪法条款的研究,当今世界上67.5%的国家宪法中都规定了健康权的相关内容。①除此之外,一些国家虽然没有在宪法中规定健康权,却在司法实践中承 I. INTRODUCTION The right to health is an important right stipulated in the UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The constitutions of many countries in the world also clearly stipulate the right to health. According to the study of the constitutional provisions of countries in the world after the Second World War by two professors Eleanor D. Kinney and Brain Alexander Clark, 67.5% of the state constitutions in the world today stipulate the right to health. In addition, although some countries do not have the right to health in their constitutions,