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

• 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
• ISBN: 0-19-026755-0; 0-19-993081-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808541603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II