Just Health
Meeting Health Needs Fairly

Norman Daniels, author of the award-winning Just Healthcare, develops a comprehensive theory of justice for health.

Norman Daniels (Author)

9780521699983, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 22 October 2007

410 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.6 kg

'… Daniels' work is one of the most complete attempts to date to provide an integrated theory for promoting health and distributing it fairly … this book makes compelling reading for anyone concerned about the need to address the growing demands for global justice regarding health care.' Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

In this book by the award-winning author of Just Healthcare, Norman Daniels develops a comprehensive theory of justice for health that answers three key questions: what is the special moral importance of health? When are health inequalities unjust? How can we meet health needs fairly when we cannot meet them all? Daniels' theory has implications for national and global health policy: can we meet health needs fairly in ageing societies? Or protect health in the workplace while respecting individual liberty? Or meet professional obligations and obligations of justice without conflict? When is an effort to reduce health disparities, or to set priorities in realising a human right to health, fair? What do richer, healthier societies owe poorer, sicker societies? Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly explores the many ways that social justice is good for the health of populations in developed and developing countries.

Introduction
Part I. A Theory of Justice and Health: 1. Three questions of justice
2. What is the special moral importance of health?
3. When are health inequalities unjust?: the social determinants of health
4. How can we meet health needs fairly when we can't meet them at all?
5. What do we owe each other?: implications of an integrated theory
Part II. Challenges: 6. Global ageing and intergenerational equality
7. Consent to workplace risk and health protection
8. Medical professionalism and the care we should get
Part III. Uses: 9. Fairness in health sector reform
10. Accountability for reasonableness in developing countries: two applications
11. Reducing health disparities: no simple matter
12. Priority setting and human rights
Part IV. A Concluding Challenge: 13. International health inequalities and global justice.

Subject Areas: Personal & public health [MBNH], Medicine [M], Politics & government [JP], Social & political philosophy [HPS]