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" Inequalities in health : "
edited by Nir Eyal [and others]
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BL
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581434
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b410653
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Inequalities in health : : concepts, measures, and ethics /\ edited by Nir Eyal [and others]
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| Series Statement
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Population-level bioethics
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xi, 335 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9780199931392 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 0199931399 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Inequality and health / Larry S. Temkin -- Health inequality, health inequity and health spending / Anthony B. Atkinson -- A summary measure of health inequalities : incorporating group and individual inequalities / Yukiko Asada -- When group measures of health should matter / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen -- Priority to the worse off : severity of current and future illness versus shortfall in lifetime health / Erik Nord -- Egalitarian concerns and population change / Gustaf Arrhenius -- Egalitarian critiques of health inequalities / Daniel M. Hausman -- Decide as you would with full information! An argument against ex ante Pareto / Alex Voorhoeve and Marc Fleurbaey -- Uncertainty and justifiability to each person : response to Fleurbaey and Voorhoeve / Johann Frick -- Equality of opportunity for health / Shlomi Segall -- When in doubt, equalize presumption of equality justified / Wlodek Rabinowicz -- Reducing health disparities : no simple matter / Norman Daniels -- Levelling down health / Nir Eyal -- Atkinson's index applied to health : can measures of economic inequality help us understand trade-offs in healthcare priority setting? / Ole F. Norheim -- Rationing and rationality : the cost of avoiding discrimination / Toby Ord and Nick Beckstead -- Rationing and the disabled : several proposals / F. M. Kamm -- What does the empirical evidence tell us about the injustice of health inequalities? / Angus Deaton -- Fair society healthy lives / Michael Marmot -- Individual responsibility, health and health care / Julian Le Grand -- Reflections on global monitoring of social determinants of health and health equity / Ritu Sadana
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"Of every thousand children born in Iceland, two will die before their first birthday, but in Mozambique the death rate is sixty times higher. Even within countries - including some of the wealthiest - inequalities in longevity and health can be substantial. In recent years, epidemiologists have documented the extent of these inequalities both between and within countries, stimulating in turn research both on their sources and on possible means for their alleviation. These extensive and influential efforts in research and in policy development have raised health inequalities to a prominent position among the central concerns of both national and global health. Less attention has been given to careful analysis and refinement of some key concepts and values that guide and motivate these studies of health inequalities. The essays in this book demonstrate the need to identify and debate alternative positions on the choice of measures of health inequality; the definitions of 'inequality' and 'inequity' in health, and their interrelationship; the ethical basis for attaching priority to narrowing gaps in longevity and health among individuals, groups, and societies; and the possible solutions to a series of puzzles involving uncertainty and variable population size. The authors of these essays are philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians contributing to our understanding of ethical issues in population health. Their contributions will be of interest to anyone interested in inequalities in health, including specialists in health policy, public health, epidemiology, moral philosophy, demography, and health economics." -- Publisher's description
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Public health-- Social aspects
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Health Status Disparities
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Bioethical Issues
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Global Health
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Healthcare Disparities-- economics
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Healthcare Disparities-- ethics
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Socioeconomic Factors
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| Dewey Classification
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362.1
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RA418.I485 2013
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2014 D-549
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WA 300.1
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| Added Entry
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Eyal, Nir M., (Nir Morechay),1970-
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