Just health : meeting health needs fairly /
Daniels, Norman, 1942-
Just health : meeting health needs fairly / Norman Daniels. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - ix, 397 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375) and index.
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 -- Global aging and intergenerational equity -- Consent to workplace risk and health protection -- Medical professionalism and the care we should get -- 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.
9780521699983 (pbk.) 9780521876322 (hardback)
2007011711
Equality--Health aspects.
Health services accessibility.
Justice (Philosophy)
Medical ethics.
Medical policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Right to health.
Health Services Accessibility.
Health Policy.
Social Justice.
World Health.
RA394 / .D27 2008
362.1
Just health : meeting health needs fairly / Norman Daniels. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - ix, 397 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375) and index.
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 -- Global aging and intergenerational equity -- Consent to workplace risk and health protection -- Medical professionalism and the care we should get -- 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.
9780521699983 (pbk.) 9780521876322 (hardback)
2007011711
Equality--Health aspects.
Health services accessibility.
Justice (Philosophy)
Medical ethics.
Medical policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Right to health.
Health Services Accessibility.
Health Policy.
Social Justice.
World Health.
RA394 / .D27 2008
362.1