Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy (Issues in Biomedical Ethics)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195375130 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Powers and Faden have given us a powerful and lucid theory that gives us the tools to unify our work in such disparate areas as bioethics, public health, global justice, and human rights. Menzel, Professor of Philosophy, Pacific Lutheran University"In this excellent book, Madison Powers and Ruth Faden set out to define the essential dimensions of well-being that should guide a theory of justice, and then to show how such a theory can be applied to important issues in public health and health policy."--Hastings Center Report"With Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health
In bioethics, discussions of justice have tended to focus on questions of fairness in access to health care: is there a right to medical treatment, and how should priorities be set when medical resources are scarce. In this pathbreaking book, senior bioethicists Powers and Faden confront foundational issues about health and justice.. But health care is only one of many factors that determine the extent to which people live healthy lives, and fairness is not the only consideration in determining whether a health policy is just
Book that should prove influential This book by Madison Powers of Georgetown University and Ruth Faden of Johns Hopkins should prove influential in theories of justice, particularly those applying to health and health care. Powers and Faden move beyond Rawls, and accept many but not all of the ideas espoused by Martha Nu. JMc said Important contribution to field. This is a crucial addition to the conversation about social justice. Having read Daniels, Nussbaum, Sen & Rawls, I found this text to be contributing to the larger conversation in interesting and new ways. Not light reading, but neither are the other important folks in this field.In par. Must read for public health and health care administrators Mary Another text for class I used more in my professional career. Powers and Faden, while discussing social justice, operate out of a purely secular perspective. It's a very useful text for those engaged in secular and religious bioethics and come to common language. A text worth having on
Madison Powers is Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. Ruth Faden is Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics, and Director, Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University.