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Just health : meeting health needs fairly / Norman Daniels.

By: Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: ix, 397 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521876322 (hardback)
  • 9780521699983 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1 22
LOC classification:
  • RA394 .D27 2008
NLM classification:
  • W 76
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

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.

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