Medicine and social justice : essays on the distribution of health care /
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 th...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199744203 9780199744206 9781299956292 1299956297 9780199930814 0199930813 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
