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

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Author / Creator:Powers, Madison.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 229 pages)
Language:English
Series:Issues in biomedical ethics
Issues in biomedical ethics.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208777
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Other authors / contributors:Faden, Ruth R.
ISBN:9780199705191
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-218) and indexes.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Powers, Madison. Social justice. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 9780195375138