Health Inequalities and Global Justice / / Patti Tamara Lenard, Christine Straehle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Lenard, Patti Tamara,; Straehle, Christine,
• MitwirkendeR: Asada, Yukiko,; Brock, Gillian,; Brown, Garrett Wallace,; Chung, Ryoa,; Cole, Phillip,; Eckenwiler, Lisa,; Hassoun, Nicole,; Hausman, Daniel M.,; Kaida, Angela,; Kollar, Eszter,; Lenard, Patti Tamara,; Lenard, Patti,; Preda, Adina,; Straehle, Christine,; Venkatapuram, Sridhar,; Voigt, Kristin,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights : SGJHR
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nationsRead and download the introduction for free (pdf)Read and download the introduction to Health Inequalities and Global Justice for free Contributors to this volume considers whether health inequalities are a result of global distributive inequalities and are therefore of concern to those promoting global redistributive justice.Case studies includeThe migration of health care practitioners from developing to developed nationsThe impact of climate changeThe social determinants of health outcomesThe effects of pharmaceutical legislation – and international bad practices more generally – on securing access to life-saving drugs in the developing worldThe differential effect of these practices on men and women, especially with respect to HIV/AIDSThese cases are explored alongside theoretical questions of definition, responsibility and moral relevance to discover the scope of responsibilities that developed nations have towards poor health in developing nations.See the full notes on contributorsRead and download the introduction for free (pdf)"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION: HEALTH INEQUALITY AND GLOBAL REDISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE -- Part 1 A Right to Equal Health? -- Chapter 1 IS THERE A HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH? -- Chapter 2 WHAT’S WRONG WITH GLOBAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES? -- Chapter 3 ECOLOGICAL SUBJECTS, ‘ETHICAL PLACEMAKING’ AND GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY -- Chapter 4 HEALTH INEQUALITIES, CAPABILITIES AND GLOBAL JUSTICE -- Part 2 Who is Responsible for Remedying Global Health Inequality? -- Chapter 5 RE-EXAMINING THE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS: BEHIND THE DISTRIBUTION OF GLOBAL HEALTH -- Chapter 6 GLOBAL HEALTH AND RESPONSIBILITY -- Chapter 7 OUTLINING THE GLOBAL DUTIES OF JUSTICE OWED TO WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Part 3 Measuring Health and Health Outcomes -- Chapter 8 MEASURING GLOBAL HEALTH -- Chapter 9 EXPLORING A SUFFICIENCY VIEW OF HEALTH EQUITY -- Chapter 10 RATING EFFORTS TO EXTEND ACCESS ON ESSENTIAL MEDICINES: INCREASING GLOBAL HEALTH IMPACT -- Part 4 Borders and Health -- Chapter 11 JUSTICE AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES: STRUCTURED HEALTH VULNERABILITIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS -- Chapter 12 ‘ILLEGAL’ MIGRANTS AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC HEALTH: A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH -- Chapter 13 MEDICAL MIGRATION BETWEEN THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT -- Chapter 14 HEALTHCARE MIGRATION, VULNERABILITY AND INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY: THE CASE OF MALAWI -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX