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1 online resource (viii, 316 pages) : illustrations |
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Introduction / Sudhir Anand, Fabienne Peter -- Part I. Health equity: 1. The concern for equity in health / Sudhir Anand -- 2. Why health equity? / Amartya Sen -- Part II. Health, society and justice: 3. Social causes of social inequalities in health / Michael Marmot -- 4. Health and inequality, or, Why justice is good for our health / Norman Daniels [and others] -- 5, Health equity and social justice / Fabienne Peter -- Part III. Responsibility for health and health care: -- 6. Personal and social responsiblity for health / Daniel Wikler -- 7. Relational conceptions of justice : responsibilities for health outcomes / Thomas W. Pogge -- 8. Just health care in a pluri-national country / Philippe Van Parijs --Part IV. ethical and measurement problems in health evaluation: 9. Disability-adjusted life years : a critical review / Sudhir Anand, Kara Hanson -- 10. Ethical issues in the use of cost effectiveness analysis for the prioritisation of health care resources / Dan W. Brock -- 11. Deciding whom to help, health-adjusted life years and disabilities / Frances M. Kamm -- 12. The value of living longer / John Broome -- Part V. Equity and conflicting perspectives on health evaluation: 13. Health achievement and equity : external and internal perspectives /Amartya Sen -- 14. Ethics and experience: an anthropological approach to health equity / Arthur Kleinman -- 15. Equity of the ineffable: cultural and political constraints on ethnomedicine as a health problem in contemporary Tibet / Vicanne Adams |
| Summary |
Annotation It is widely recognized that health is influenced by a variety of social, economic and environmental factors, and not just by access to health care. The extensive empirical literature on the social determinants of-- and inequalities in-- health has yet to be matched by an appreciation of the normative underpinnings of health equity. Health equity expresses a commitment of public health to social justice, which raises a series of ethical issues. Why, if at all, should a concern with health equity be singled out from the pursuit of social justice in general? What is the extent of social--as opposed to individual--responsibility for health? What ethical problems arise in evaluating population health and health inequalities? How sensitive should the pursuit of health equity be to contextual considerations in contrast to universal values? In addressing these important questions, this volume examines the foundations of health equity. With contributions from distinguished philosophers, anthropologists, economists, and public-health specialists, it centres on five major themes: what is health equity?; health equity and its relation to social justice; health inequalities and responsibilities for health; ethical issues in health evaluation and prioritization; and anthropological perspectives on health equity |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Public health.
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Health services accessibility.
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Medical ethics.
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Medical policy.
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Social justice.
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Bioethics.
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Bioethics
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Health Services Accessibility
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Public Health
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Social Justice
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Ethics, Medical
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Health Policy
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public health.
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Health services accessibility
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Medical ethics
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Medical policy
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Public health
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Social justice
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Anand, Sudhir, 1946-
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Peter, Fabienne
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Sen, Amartya, 1933-
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| ISBN |
9780191534805 |
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0191534803 |
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1281198447 |
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9781281198440 |
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9786611198442 |
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661119844X |
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1435618289 |
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9781435618282 |
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