Health Inequality
Subtitle: Morality and Measurement
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Toronto Press; University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Published: November 24, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780802092441
Subjects: Personal & public health; Practical & applied ethics; c 1990 to c 2000; Health & Fitness; Consumer Health; Health/Fitness; USA; Health Care Issues; Health Risk Assessment; Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues
Description: "In this study, Yukiko Asada seeks to describe the role that morality and theories of justice play in health inequality research, and to articulate the moral philosophy underlying this field of Inquiry. Composed of two distinct parts, Health Inequality first proposes a framework for measuring health inequality that reflects moral concerns. The book then goes on to show how this framework can be applied to quantitative study. Using a case study approach, Asada analyses whether or not health equity improved in the United States between 1990 and 1995."--BOOK JACKET.