Marmot, Sir Michael
Health Justice: An Argument from the Capabilities Approach
- ISBN 13:
- 9780745650357
- author:
- Marmot, Sir Michael
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Polity Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 2.3 x 14.8 x 22.3 cm
- Genre:
- Health, Family & Lifestyle, Medical & Healthcare Practitioners, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Health Justice: An Argument from the Capabilities Approach by Sridhar Venkatapuram explores the relationship between health and social arrangements. Social factors have a significant impact on human health, yet discussions often focus on medical care and individual-level risk factor research. However, recent studies and debates have highlighted the importance of broad social arrangements in shaping health outcomes. In this book, Venkatapuram extends the Capabilities Approach to address the problem of identifying individuals' claims to health in modern societies. By integrating insights from the natural and social sciences, as well as debates around social justice, Venkatapuram formulates an argument for every human being's moral entitlement to a capability to be healthy. This book aims to provide a concrete ethical grounding for the human right to health and advance the field of health policy by placing health at the centre of social justice theory.
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