Social justice : the moral foundations of public health and health policy / Madison Powers and Ruth Faden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powers, Madison, author.

Faden, Ruth R., author.

Series:

Issues in biomedical ethics.

Oxford scholarship online.

Issues in biomedical ethics

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Moral and ethical aspects.

Public health.

Medical policy--Moral and ethical aspects.

Medical policy.

Social justice.

Equality--Health aspects.

Equality.

Discrimination in medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume develops a theory of social justice for the specific context of health care policy, although it can also be applied to education, economic development and other social policy issues where resources are limited.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 The Job of Justice; 1.1 Which Inequalities Matter Most?; 1.2 Justice and Well-Being; 1.3 Justice, Sufficiency, and Systematic Disadvantage; 1.4 Foundations of Public Health; 1.5 Medical Care and Insurance Markets; 1.6 Setting Priorities; 1.7 Justice, Democracy, and Social Values; Chapter 2 Justice and Well-Being; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Essential Dimensions of Well-Being; 2.3 A Moderate Essentialism; 2.4 Well-Being and Nonideal Theory; 2.5 The Main Alternatives; 2.6 Capabilities, Functioning, and Well-Being

2.7 Relativism, Moral Imperialism, and Political Neutrality2.8 Justice and Basic Human Rights; Chapter 3 Justice, Sufficiency, and Systematic Disadvantage; 3.1 Varieties of Egalitarianism; 3.2 The Leveling-Down Objection; 3.3 The Strict Egalitarian's Pluralist Defense; 3.4 Is the Appeal to Equality Unavoidable?; 3.5 A Sufficiency of Well-Being Approach; 3.6 Toward a Unified Theory of Social Determinants and Well-Being; 3.7 Densely Woven, Systematic Patterns of Disadvantage; 3.8 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Social Justice and Public Health; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Moral Justification for Public Health

4.3 Public Health, the Negative Point of Justice, and Systematic Disadvantage4.4 Public Health, the Positive Point of Justice, and Health Inequalities; Chapter 5 Medical Care and Insurance Markets; 5.1 The Moral Foundations of Markets; 5.2 Sources of Market Failure; 5.3 Responses to Market Failure: Some Examples from the U.S. Experience; 5.4 Making Matters Worse: Employer-Based Insurance in the United States; 5.5 Private Markets and Public Safety Nets; Chapter 6 Setting Priorities; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Mimicking Markets; 6.3 Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Alternatives

6.4 Systematic Disadvantage6.5 The Relevance of Childhood, Old Age, and Human Development; 6.6 Beyond Separate Spheres of Justice; 6.7 Trade-Offs within Health; 6.8 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Justice, Democracy, and Social Values; 7.1 Lost on the Oregon Trail; 7.2 From Substantive Justice to Democratic Procedures; 7.3 Mimicking Majorities: Moralizing Preferences and Empiricizing Equity; 7.4 Theory, After All?; 7.5 DALYs, Deliberation, and Empirical Ethics; Chapter 8 Facts and Theory; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2006.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773168-6

0-19-988844-2

1-281-52942-7

0-19-970519-4

OCLC:

607552708