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From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) 

The following book on health equity has just come out: 

 

Public Health, Ethics, and Equity

 

Sudhir Anand, Fabienne Peter, and Amartya Sen (eds.) 

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

 

Publisher's website: http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-927636-6 

 

Introduction: PDF file [12p.] at:: http://www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-927636-6.pdf 

 

"...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 philosophers, anthropologists, economists, and public-health specialists, it centers 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.."   

 

 

Contents/contributors 

Preface: Amartya Sen

Introduction: Sudhir Anand and Fabienne Peter


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 Tibet

 

Fabienne Peter, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick

Coventry CV4 7AL UK

f.peter at warwick.ac.uk  phone +44 (0)2476 575 728 fax +44 (0)2476 523 019 

 

 

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