Anand / Peter / Sen | Public Health, Ethics, and Equity | Buch | 978-0-19-927637-0 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Anand / Peter / Sen

Public Health, Ethics, and Equity

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

ISBN: 978-0-19-927637-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford


It is widely recognized that health is influenced by a variety of social, economic and environmental factors, and not just by access to health care. The extensive empirical literature on the social determinants of-- and inequalities in-- health has yet to be matched by an appreciation of the normative underpinnings of health equity.

Health equity expresses a commitment of public health to social justice, which raises a series of ethical issues. Why, if at all, should a concern with health equity be singled out from the pursuit of social justice in general? What is the extent of social--as opposed to individual--responsibility for health? What ethical problems arise in evaluating population health and health inequalities? How sensitive should the pursuit of health equity be to contextual considerations in contrast to universal values?

In addressing these important questions, this volume examines the foundations 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 its relation to social justice; health inequalities and responsibilities for health; ethical issues in health evaluation and prioritization; and anthropological perspectives on health equity.
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Researchers and teachers in public health, philosophy, public policy, and health economics, public health analysts and national and international health policy makers.

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Sudhir Anand is Professor of Economics at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford.

Fabienne Peter is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick.

Amartya Sen, a Nobel Laureate, is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University and formerly Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.


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