Inequalities in health : concepts, measures, and ethics /

"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 hav...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Eyal, Nir M. (Nir Morechay), 1970- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Population-level bioethics series.
Temas:
Public health.
Medical care.
Medical ethics.
Right to health.
World health.
Bioethics.
Health Status Disparities
Bioethical Issues
Healthcare Disparities > economics
Healthcare Disparities > ethics
Socioeconomic Factors
Global Health
Public Health
Ethics, Medical
Patient Care
Santé publique.
Éthique médicale.
Droit à la santé.
Santé mondiale.
Bioéthique.
Soins médicaux.
public health.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Bioethics
Medical care
Medical ethics
Public health
Right to health
World health
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Inequality and health / Larry Temkin
  • Health inequality, health inequity and health spending / Tony 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 life time health / Erik Nord
  • Egalitarian concerns and population change / Gustaf Arrhenius
  • Egalitarian critiques of health inequalities / Dan 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 / Johann Frick
  • Equality of opportunity for health / Shlomi Segall
  • When in doubt, equalize / Wlodek Rabinowicz
  • Reducing health disparities : no simple matter / Norman Daniels
  • Levelling down health / Nir Eyal
  • Atkinson's measure of inequality : can measures of economic inequality help us understand trade-offs in healthcare priority setting? / Ole Norheim
  • Rationing and rationality : the cost of avoiding discrimination / Toby Ord and Nick Beckstead
  • Rationing and the disabled : several proposals / Frances M. Kamm
  • What does the empirical evidence on SES and health tell us about inequity and about policy? / Angus Deaton
  • Fair society healthy lives / Michael Marmot
  • Individual responsibility, health and health care / Julian Le Grand
  • WHO's social determinants commission : concepts and measures of health inequalities / Ritu Sadana.

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