Public Health, Ethics, and Equity

by Sudhir Anand, Fabienne Peter, Amartya Sen

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199276363
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/17/2005
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sudhir Anand is Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford. Fabienne Peter is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Amartya Sen, a Nobel Laureate, is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University and Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Preface, Amartya SenIntroduction, Sudhir Anand and Fabienne PeterI. Health Equity1. The Concern for Equity in Health, Sudhir Anand2. Why Health Equity?, Amartya SenII. Health, Society, and Justice3. Social Causes of Social Inequalities in Health, Michael Marmot4. Why Justice is Good for Our Health: The Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Norman Daniels, Bruce Kennedy, and Ichiro Kawachi5. Health Equity and Social Justice, Fabienne PeterIII. Responsibility for Health and Health Care6. Justice, Socioeconomic Status, and Responsibility for Health, Daniel Wikler7. Relational Conceptions of Justice: Responsibilities for Health Outcomes, Thomas Pogge8. Just Health Care in a Plurinational Country, Philippe Van ParijsIV. Ethical and Measurement Problems in Health Evaluation9. Disability-adjusted Life Years: A Critical Review, Sudhir Anand and Kara Hanson10. Ethical Issues in the Use of Cost Effectiveness Analysis for the Prioritization of Health Care Resources, Dan Brock11. Deciding Whom to Help, Health-Adjusted Life Years, and Disabilities, Frances Kamm12. The Value of Living Longer, John BroomeV. Equity and Conflicting Perspectives on Health Evaluation13. Health Achievement and Equity: External and Internal Perspectives, Amartya Sen14. Ethics and Experience: An Anthropological Approach to Health Equity, Arthur Kleinman15. Equity of the Ineffable: Cultural and Political Constraints on Ethnomedicine as a Health Problem in Contemporary Tibet, Vincanne Adams