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Medicine and social justice : essays on the distribution of health care / / edited by Rosamond Rhodes, Margaret P. Battin, Anita Silvers



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Titolo: Medicine and social justice : essays on the distribution of health care / / edited by Rosamond Rhodes, Margaret P. Battin, Anita Silvers Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Edizione: Second edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (577 p.)
Disciplina: 362.1/042
Soggetto topico: Social medicine
Right to health
Social justice
Medical ethics
Medical economics - Moral and ethical aspects
Altri autori: BattinM. Pabst  
SilversAnita  
Persona (resp. second.): RhodesRosamond
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: part I. Theoretical foundations -- part II. Access and rationing -- part III. Populations -- part Ivolume Dilemmas and priorities.
Sommario/riassunto: Because medicine can preserve life, restore health and maintain the body's functions, it is widely acknowledged as a basic good that just societies should provide for their members. Yet, there is wide disagreement over the scope and content of what to provide, to whom, how, when, and why. In this unique and comprehensive volume, some of the best-known philosophers, physicians, legal scholars, political scientists, and economists writing on the subject discuss what social justice in medicine should be. Their contributions deepen our understanding of the theoretical and practical issues that run
Titolo autorizzato: Medicine and social justice  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-026755-0
0-19-993081-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808541603321
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