Just health : meeting health needs fairly / Norman Daniels.

Publisher's description: In this new 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 h...

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Main Author: Daniels, Norman, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I : A THEORY OF JUSTICE AND HEALTH: Three questions of justice
  • What is the special moral importance of health?
  • When are health inequalities unjust? : the social determinants of health
  • How can we meet health needs fairly when we can't meet them all? : accountability for reasonable resource allocation
  • What do we owe each other? : implications of an integrated theory of justice and health
  • PART II : CHALLENGES: Global aging and intergenerational equity
  • Consent to workplace risk and health protection
  • Medical professionalism and the care we should get
  • PART III : USES: Fairness in health sector reform
  • Accountability for reasonableness in developing countries : two applications
  • Reducing health disparities : no simple matter
  • Priority setting and human rights
  • International health inequalities and global justice : a concluding challenge.