Just health
Subtitle: meeting health needs fairly
By: Norman Daniels
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9780521876322; 9780521699983
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Health services accessibility; Equality; Health Services Accessibility; Social Justice; World Health; Justice (Philosophy); Health Policy; Health aspects; Medical ethics; Medical policy; Right to health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375) and index.
Table of contents: title: Three questions of justice; title: What is the special moral importance of health?; title: When are health inequalities unjust? The social determinants of health; title: How can we meet health needs fairly when we can't meet them all? Accountability for reasonable resource allocation; title: What do we owe each other? Implications of an integrated theory; title: Global aging and intergenerational equity; title: Consent to workplace risk and health protection; title: Medical professionalism and the care we should get; title: Fairness in health sector reform; title: Accountability for reasonableness in developing countries: two applications; title: Reducing health disparities: no simple matter; title: Priority setting and human rights; title: International health inequalities and global justice: a concluding challenge.