HUMAN RIGHTS IN HEALTH. Ciba Foundation Symposium 23 (new series). New York, American Elsevier, 1974, $16.24; 304 pp

If one judges this book by its title, it is a totally inadequate and disappointing treatment of the complex subject of "rights" in health care. If one judges it by its content, however, it is a stimulating and useful primer on the basic requirements for achieving health for the 70% of the world's people who live in the developing countries. The book is a collection of papers presented at a 1973 CIBA Symposium on the practical aspects of providing four basic needs–food, water, access to fertility control, and protection from communicable disease–to the poor and deprived.