Just Health
Meeting Health Needs Fairly
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- Author: Norman Daniels
- Date Published: January 2008
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521876322
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In this book by the award-winning author of Just Healthcare, Norman Daniels develops a comprehensive theory of justice for health that answers three key questions: what is the special moral importance of health? When are health inequalities unjust? How can we meet health needs fairly when we cannot meet them all? Daniels' theory has implications for national and global health policy: can we meet health needs fairly in ageing societies? Or protect health in the workplace while respecting individual liberty? Or meet professional obligations and obligations of justice without conflict? When is an effort to reduce health disparities, or to set priorities in realising a human right to health, fair? What do richer, healthier societies owe poorer, sicker societies? Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly explores the many ways that social justice is good for the health of populations in developed and developing countries.
Read more- Explains what we owe each other by way of protecting our health through medicine, public health, and broader social determinants
- Addresses practical issues that affect both developed and developing countries, integrating concerns about justice with an interest in global health
- Guided by author's extensive experience in developed and developing countries in designing ways to assess the fairness of health reform
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'Daniels does us a great service by his introduction of an ethical dimension to his discussion of population health and the allocation of resources. His call for action on the social determinants of health to reduce avoidable inequalities in health is very welcome.' The Lancet
See more reviews'… Daniels' work is one of the most complete attempts to date to provide an integrated theory for promoting health and distributing it fairly … this book makes compelling reading for anyone concerned about the need to address the growing demands for global justice regarding health care.' Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
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- Date Published: January 2008
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521876322
- length: 408 pages
- dimensions: 233 x 154 x 29 mm
- weight: 0.66kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. A Theory of Justice and Health:
1. Three questions of justice
2. What is the special moral importance of health?
3. When are health inequalities unjust?: the social determinants of health
4. How can we meet health needs fairly when we can't meet them at all?
5. What do we owe each other?: implications of an integrated theory
Part II. Challenges:
6. Global ageing and intergenerational equality
7. Consent to workplace risk and health protection
8. Medical professionalism and the care we should get
Part III. Uses:
9. Fairness in health sector reform
10. Accountability for reasonableness in developing countries: two applications
11. Reducing health disparities: no simple matter
12. Priority setting and human rights
Part IV. A Concluding Challenge:
13. International health inequalities and global justice.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Social Philosophy
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