Inequalities in Health: Concepts, Measures, and Ethics (Population-Level Bioethics)

by Nir Eyal (Editor), Ole F. Norheim (Editor), Samia A. Hurst (Editor)

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  Illustrated
  2013

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  Which inequalities in longevity and health among individuals, groups, and nations are unfair? And what priority should health policy attach to narrowing them? These essays by philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians attempt to determine how health inequalities should be conceptualized, measured, ranked, and evaluated.