TY - BOOK ID - 17119428 TI - Medicine and social justice : essays on the distribution of health care. AU - Rhodes, Rosamond AU - Battin, Margaret P. AU - Silvers, Anita PY - 2002 SN - 019514354X 9780195143546 PB - Oxford Oxford university press DB - UniCat KW - Social medicine KW - Right to health care KW - Social justice KW - Medical ethics KW - Medical economics KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Medical ethics. KW - Right to health. KW - Social justice. KW - Social medicine. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - gezondheidszorg KW - gezondheidszorgbeleid (gezondheidszorghervorming, gezondheidszorgsysteem) KW - rechtvaardigheid (rechtvaardigheidsprincipe, distributieve rechtvaardigheid) KW - geneeskunde KW - soins de santé KW - politique des soins de santé (réforme des soins de santé, système des soins de santé) KW - justice (principe de justice, justice distributive, justice sociale) KW - médecine KW - Right to health KW - Medical care KW - Medical sociology KW - Medicine KW - Medicine, Social KW - Public health KW - Public welfare KW - Sociology KW - Medical sociologists KW - Equality KW - Justice KW - Health care, Right to KW - Health, Right to KW - Medical care, Right to KW - Right to medical care KW - Social rights KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Clinical ethics KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Health care ethics KW - Bioethics KW - Professional ethics KW - Nursing ethics KW - Economics, Medical KW - Health KW - Health economics KW - Hygiene KW - Social aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Medical economics - Moral and ethical aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17119428 AB - Because medicine can preserve and restore health and function, it has been widely acknowledged as a basic good that a just society should provide its members. Yet there is wide disagreement over the scope of what is to be provided, to whom, how, when and why. In this uniquely comprehensive book some of the best-known philosophers, doctors, lawyers, political scientists, and economists writing on the subject discuss the concerns and deepen our understanding of the theoretical and practical issues that run through the contemporary debate. The first section lays a broad theoretical basis for understanding the concept of justice, particularly as it relates to the distribution of health care. The second section critically examines how medical care is distributed in different countries around the world and the particular advantages and injustices associated with those systems. The third section draws attention to the special needs of different social groups and the specific issues of justice that are raised by the impact of various policies on health care distribution. The concluding section delves intothe dilemmas that confront those designing health care systems--the politics, the priorities, and the place of desires as opposed to needs in a socially just scheme. ER -