The article examines from a comparative law pint of view the emergence and development of a constitutional right on health protection and medical care, judicial and extrajudicial protection. The examination is based on the evolution of the legal registration and the content of the subjective rights and ways of its protection. The author offers wider use of extrajudicial mechanisms for the protection of this right in territorial subjects of the Russian Federation, at the federal level, as well as international level. The article stresses the importance of recognition of the principle of availability and quality of medical care at constitutional level.
health protection, medical care, constitutional law, judicial and extrajudicial protection.
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