Health Inequalities and Global Justice
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2014
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780748646920
- Publish Date
- Aug 2012
- List Price
- $132.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780748696260
- Publish Date
- Sep 2014
- List Price
- $38.50
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Description
Explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nations
Contributors to this volume considers whether health inequalities are a result of global distributive inequalities and are therefore of concern to those promoting global redistributive justice.
Case studies include:
* The migration of health care practitioners from developing to developed nations * The impact of climate change * The social determinants of health outcomes * The effects of pharmaceutical legislation--and international bad practices more generally--on securing access to life-saving drugs in the developing world * The differential effect of these practices on men and women, especially with respect to HIV/AIDS
These cases are explored alongside theoretical questions of definition, responsibility and moral relevance to discover the scope of responsibilities that developed nations have towards poor health in developing nations.
About the authors
Patti Tamara Lenard is Assistant Professor of Ethics at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.
