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Political Science General

Health Inequalities and Global Justice

edited by Patti Tamara Lenard & Christine Straehle

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2014
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780748646920
    Publish Date
    Aug 2012
    List Price
    $132.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780748696260
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $38.50

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Explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nations

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 include:

* The migration of health care practitioners from developing to developed nations * The impact of climate change * The social determinants of health outcomes * The effects of pharmaceutical legislation--and international bad practices more generally--on securing access to life-saving drugs in the developing world * The differential effect of these practices on men and women, especially with respect to HIV/AIDS

These 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.

About the authors

Patti Tamara Lenard is Assistant Professor of Ethics at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

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