TY - BOOK AU - Hestermeyer,Holger TI - Human rights and the WTO: the case of patents and access to medicines T2 - International economic law series SN - 9780199552177 AV - K3240 .H47 U1 - 346.0486 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - World Trade Organization KW - fast KW - Patents (International law) KW - Human rights KW - Economic aspects KW - Health aspects KW - Right to health KW - International trade KW - Social aspects KW - Drugs KW - Prices N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-360) and index; Background of the debate --; Patent law --; Access to medicine as a human right --; Conflict between patents and access to medicine --; Access to medicine as a human right in the WTO order N2 - This book examines one of the most controversial aspects of the world trading system: patents and access to medication, and offers approaches to tackle the issue of how to better accommodate human rights in the trading system ER -