The right to health is a kind of personality right with the internal function and external integrity of the body as the main content. Health refers to the state of well-developed organs and systems, normal functions, strong physique, full of energy and good labor efficiency. Health is the premise and guarantee of maintaining life as long as possible. Protecting citizens' right to health is the main task of our law. The health of citizens includes not only the health of physiological functions of various organ systems, but also mental health; It includes not only the external integrity of the body, but also the internal organs and labor ability of the body.
Generally speaking, citizens' rights should be properly realized:
Citizens should do the following when exercising their rights:
First of all, citizens should respect the rights of others when exercising their rights.
Second, when exercising their rights, citizens must not harm the interests of the state, society and the collective.
Third, we should exercise our rights within the scope permitted by law.
Fourth, we should exercise our rights legally.
Protecting the right to life and health is the common task of many legal departments such as criminal law, civil law and administrative law. Illegal violation of citizens' right to life and health should bear corresponding civil and criminal responsibilities. In order to protect their lives and health, citizens can exercise their right to self-defense and claim compensation. The right to self-defense means that citizens have the right to take corresponding self-defense measures according to law when their lives or health are endangered or in imminent danger, such as self-defense and emergency avoidance. The right of claim means that when a citizen's life or health is illegally infringed, he or his relatives have the right to ask the offender to stop the infringement and ask the judicial organ to investigate the legal responsibility of the offender according to law.