An ambitious integration of the health sciences and the Capabilities Approach, Health Justice aims to provide a concrete ethical grounding for the human right to health, while advancing the field of health policy and placing health at the centre of social justice theory.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
074565035x
ISBN-13
9780745650357
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038657462
Product Key Features
Author
Sridhar Venkatapuram
Publication Name
Health Justice : an Argument from the Capabilities Approach
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
K3260.3
Table of Content
Acknowledgements vi Foreword ix Introduction 1 Part I 1 Health as Capability 41 2 Causation and Distribution of Health 73 Part II 3 The Capabilities Approach 113 4 The Capability to be Healthy 143 Part III 5 Alternative Approaches 173 6 Groups and Capabilities 201 7 The Capability to be Healthy and Global Justice 215 Conclusion 233 Notes 239 References 247 Index 265