Just health : meeting health needs fairly / Norman Daniels.
"In this new book by the author of Just Health Care, 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 mee...
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Full Text (via Cambridge) |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Summary: | "In this new book by the author of Just Health Care, 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 at all? The theory has implications for national and global health policy: Can we meet health needs fairly in aging societies? Or protect health in the workplace while respecting individual liberty? Or meet professional obligations and obligations of justice without conflict? When is health reform or the selection of patients for treatment for HIV or coverage for catastrophic health benefits fair? When is an effort to reduce health disparities or to set priorities in realizing 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."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 397 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-375) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511480379 0511480377 0511479573 9780511479571 052187632X 9780521876322 9780511809514 0511809514 1107182514 9781107182516 9786612001239 6612001232 0511477163 9780511477164 0511475721 9780511475726 0511478682 9780511478680 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511809514 |