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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sudhir Anand (University of Oxford) , Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick) , Amartya Sen, FBA (Nobel Laureate, Harvard University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.486kg ISBN: 9780199276370ISBN 10: 0199276374 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 12 January 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAmartya Sen: Preface Sudhir Anand and Fabienne Peter: Introduction I. Health Equity 1: Sudhir Anand: The Concern for Equity in Health 2: Amartya Sen: Why Health Equity? II. Health, Society, and Justice 3: Michael Marmot: Social Causes of Social Inequalities in Health 4: Norman Daniels, Bruce Kennedy, and Ichiro Kawachi: Why Justice is Good for Our Health: The Social Determinants of Health Inequalities 5: Fabienne Peter: Health Equity and Social Justice III. Responsibility for Health and Health Care 6: Daniel Wikler: Justice, Socioeconomic Status, and Responsibility for Health 7: Thomas Pogge: Relational Conceptions of Justice: Responsibilities for Health Outcomes 8: Philippe Van Parijs: Just Health Care in a Plurinational Country IV. Ethical and Measurement Problems in Health Evaluation 9: Sudhir Anand and Kara Hanson: Disability-adjusted Life Years: A Critical Review 10: Dan Brock: Ethical Issues in the Use of Cost Effectiveness Analysis for the Prioritization of Health Care Resources 11: Frances Kamm: Deciding Whom to Help, Health-Adjusted Life Years, and Disabilities 12: John Broome: The Value of Living Longer V. Equity and Conflicting Perspectives on Health Evaluation 13: Amartya Sen: Health Achievement and Equity: External and Internal Perspectives 14: Arthur Kleinman: Ethics and Experience: An Anthropological Approach to Health Equity 15: Vincanne Adams: Equity of the Ineffable: Cultural and Political Constraints on Ethnomedicine as a Health Problem in Contemporary TibetReviewsAlthough many of the papers- by some of the most distinguished authors in the field and embracing perspectives from several disciplines, including economics, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology-have been published elsewhere it is useful to have them bound in one volume, because they are some of the most significant contributions to the discourse on health equity. John Lynch, BMJ Public Health, Ethics and Equity is an important step in the process of developing a coherent approach to public health ethics and, especially, to the ethics of equity. Robert Beaglehole, The Lancet Vol 365 `Although many of the papers-- by some of the most distinguished authors in the field and embracing perspectives from several disciplines, including economics, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology--have been published elsewhere it is useful to have them bound in one volume, because they are some of the most significant contributions to the discourse on health equity.' John Lynch, BMJ `Public Health, Ethics and Equity is an important step in the process of developing a coherent approach to public health ethics and, especially, to the ethics of equity.' Robert Beaglehole, The Lancet Vol 365 Public Health, Ethics and Equity is an important step in the process of developing a coherent approach to public health ethics and, especially, to the ethics of equity. * Robert Beaglehole, The Lancet Vol 365 * Although many of the papers- by some of the most distinguished authors in the field and embracing perspectives from several disciplines, including economics, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology-have been published elsewhere it is useful to have them bound in one volume, because they are some of the most significant contributions to the discourse on health equity. * John Lynch, BMJ * Author InformationSudhir 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |