Social justice :: the moral foundations of public health and health policy /

In bioethics, discussions of justice have tended to focus on questions of fairness in access to health care: is there a right to medical treatment, and how should priorities be set when medical resources are scarce. But health care is only one of many factors that determine the extent to which peopl...

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1. Verfasser: Powers, Madison
Weitere Verfasser: Faden, Ruth R.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Schriftenreihe:Issues in biomedical ethics.
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Zusammenfassung:In bioethics, discussions of justice have tended to focus on questions of fairness in access to health care: is there a right to medical treatment, and how should priorities be set when medical resources are scarce. But health care is only one of many factors that determine the extent to which people live healthy lives, and fairness is not the only consideration in determining whether a health policy is just. In this pathbreaking book, senior bioethicists Powers and Faden confront foundational issues about health and justice. How much inequality in health can a just society tolerate. The audie.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 229 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-218) and indexes.
ISBN:9780199705191
0199705194
1281529427
9781281529428
0199888442
9780199888443

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