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1 online resource (xii, 335 pages) |
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Population-level bioethics series |
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Population-level bioethics series.
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| Contents |
Inequality and health / Larry Temkin -- Health inequality, health inequity and health spending / Tony Atkinson -- A summary measure of health inequalities : incorporating group and individual inequalities / Yukiko Asada -- When group measures of health should matter / Kasper Lippert Rasmussen -- Priority to the worse off : severity of current and future illness versus shortfall in life time health / Erik Nord -- Egalitarian concerns and population change / Gustaf Arrhenius -- Egalitarian critiques of health inequalities / Dan Hausman -- Decide as you would with full information! An argument against ex ante Pareto / Alex Voorhoeve and Marc Fleurbaey -- Uncertainty and justifiability to each person / Johann Frick -- Equality of opportunity for health / Shlomi Segall -- When in doubt, equalize / Wlodek Rabinowicz -- Reducing health disparities : no simple matter / Norman Daniels -- Levelling down health / Nir Eyal -- Atkinson's measure of inequality : can measures of economic inequality help us understand trade-offs in healthcare priority setting? / Ole Norheim -- Rationing and rationality : the cost of avoiding discrimination / Toby Ord and Nick Beckstead -- Rationing and the disabled : several proposals / Frances M. Kamm -- What does the empirical evidence on SES and health tell us about inequity and about policy? / Angus Deaton -- Fair society healthy lives / Michael Marmot -- Individual responsibility, health and health care / Julian Le Grand -- WHO's social determinants commission : concepts and measures of health inequalities / Ritu Sadana |
| Summary |
"Of every thousand children born in Iceland, two will die before their first birthday, but in Mozambique the death rate is sixty times higher. Even within countries - including some of the wealthiest - inequalities in longevity and health can be substantial. In recent years, epidemiologists have documented the extent of these inequalities both between and within countries, stimulating in turn research both on their sources and on possible means for their alleviation. These extensive and influential efforts in research and in policy development have raised health inequalities to a prominent position among the central concerns of both national and global health. Less attention has been given to careful analysis and refinement of some key concepts and values that guide and motivate these studies of health inequalities. The essays in this book demonstrate the need to identify and debate alternative positions on the choice of measures of health inequality; the definitions of 'inequality' and 'inequity' in health, and their interrelationship; the ethical basis for attaching priority to narrowing gaps in longevity and health among individuals, groups, and societies; and the possible solutions to a series of puzzles involving uncertainty and variable population size. The authors of these essays are philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians contributing to our understanding of ethical issues in population health. Their contributions will be of interest to anyone interested in inequalities in health, including specialists in health policy, public health, epidemiology, moral philosophy, demography, and health economics."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Public health.
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Medical care.
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Medical ethics.
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Right to health.
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World health.
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Bioethics.
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Health Status Disparities
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Bioethical Issues
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Healthcare Disparities -- economics
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Healthcare Disparities -- ethics
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Global Health
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Public Health
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Ethics, Medical
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Patient Care
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public health.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
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Bioethics
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Medical care
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Medical ethics
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Public health
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Right to health
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World health
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Eyal, Nir M. (Nir Morechay), 1970- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199931408 |
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0199931402 |
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