Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights: Health Inequalities and Global Justice

Editors: Lenard, Patti Tamara and Straehle, Christine
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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ISBN: 978-0-7486-4692-0
Category: Social Sciences
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

This title explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nations.

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Introduction: Health Inequality and Global Redistributive Justice - Patti Tamara Lenard and Christine Straehle
  • Part 1 A Right to Equal Health?
  • 1 Is there a Human Right to Health? - Adina Preda
  • 2 What's Wrong with Global Health Inequalities? - Daniel M. Hausman
  • 3 Ecological Subjects, ‘Ethical Place-making’ and Global Health Equity - Lisa Eckenwiler
  • 4 Health Inequalities, Capabilities and Global Justice - Sridhar Venkatapuram
  • Part 2 Who is Responsible for Remedying Global Health Inequality?
  • 5 Re-examining the Ethical Foundations: Behind the Distribution of Global Health - Garrett Wallace Brown
  • 6 Global Health and Responsibility - Gillian Brock
  • 7 Outlining the Global Duties of Justice owed to Women living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa - Angela Kaida and Patti Tamara Lenard
  • Part 3 Measuring Health and Health Outcomes
  • 8 Measuring Global Health Kristin Voigt
  • 9 Exploring a Sufficiency View of Health Equity - Yukiko Asada
  • 10 Rating Efforts to Extend Access on Essential Medicines: Increasing Global Health Impact - Nicole Hassoun
  • Part 4 Borders and Health
  • 11 Justice and Health Inequalities in Humanitarian Crises: Structured Health Vulnerabilities and Natural Disasters - Ryoa Chung and Matthew R. Hunt
  • 12 ‘Illegal’ Migrants and Access to Public Health: A Human Rights Approach - Phillip Cole
  • 13 Medical Migration between the Human Right to Health and Freedom of Movement - Eszter Kollar
  • 14 Healthcare Migration, Vulnerability and Individual Autonomy: The Case of Malawi - Christine Straehle
  • Bibliography