Inequalities in health concepts, measures, and ethics

Which inequalities in longevity and health among individuals, groups, and nations are unfair? And what priority should health policy attach to narrowing them? These essays by philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians attempt to determine how health inequalities should be conceptualiz...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2014, 2014
Series:Population-level bioethics series / Population-level bioethics series
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Which inequalities in longevity and health among individuals, groups, and nations are unfair? And what priority should health policy attach to narrowing them? These essays by philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians attempt to determine how health inequalities should be conceptualized, measured, ranked, and evaluated
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199345731