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Public health, ethics, and equity / edited by Sudhir Anand, Fabienne Peter, Amartya Sen.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Anand, Sudhir, 1946-
Peter, Fabienne.
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public health--Congresses.
Public health.
Medical care--Congresses.
Medical care.
Medical ethics--Congresses.
Medical ethics.
Right to health--Congresses.
Right to health.
World health--Congresses.
World health.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Health Status.
Public Health--ethics.
Social Justice--ethics.
Medical Subjects:
Socioeconomic Factors.
Health Status.
Public Health--ethics.
Social Justice--ethics.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
viii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Summary:
This book builds an interdisciplinary understanding of health equity. With contributions from distinguished philosophers, anthropologists, economists, and public-health specialists, it centres on five major themes: what is health equity?; health equity and social justice; responsibilities for health; ethical issues in health evaluation; and anthropological perspectives.
Contents:
Introduction / Sudhir Anand, Fabienne Peter
PART I. HEALTH EQUITY
The concern for equity in health / Sudhir Anand
Why health equity? / Amartya Sen
PART II. HEALTH, SOCIETY, AND JUSTICE
Social causes of social inequalities in health / Michael Marmot
Health and inequality, or, Why justice is good for our health / Norman Daniels ... [et al.]
Health equity and social justice / Fabienne Peter
PART III. RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Personal and social responsiblity for health / Daniel Wikler
Relational conceptions of justice: responsibilities for health outcomes / Thomas W. Pogge
Just health care in a pluri-national country / Philippe Van Parijs
PART IV. ETHICAL AND MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS IN HEALTH EVALUATION
Disability-adjusted life years: a critical review / Sudhir Anand, Kara Hanson
Ethical issues in the use of cost effectiveness analysis for the prioritisation of health care resources / Dan W. Brock
Deciding whom to help, health-adjusted life years and disabilities / Frances M. Kamm
The value of living longer / John Broome
PART V. EQUITY AND CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH EVALUATION
Health achievement and equity: external and internal perspectives / Amartya Sen
Ethics and experience: an anthropological approach to health equity / Arthur Kleinman
Equity of the ineffable: cultural and political constraints on ethnomedicine as a health problem in contemporary Tibet / Vicanne Adams.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0199276366
9780199276363
9780199276370
0199276374
OCLC:
57420251

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