Understanding Health Inequalities and Justice

The need for informed analyses of health policy is now greater than ever. The twelve essays in this volume show that public debates routinely bypass complex ethical sociocultural historical and political questions about how we should address ideals of justice and equality in health care. Integrating perspectives from the humanities social sciences medicine and public health this volume illuminates the relationships between justice and health inequalities to enrich debates.<br/><br/><i>Understanding Health Inequalities and Justice</i> explores three questions: How do scholars approach relations between health inequalities and ideals of justice? When do justice considerations inform solutions to health inequalities and how do specific health inequalities affect perceptions of injustice? And how can diverse scholarly approaches contribute to better health policy? From addressing patient agency in an inequitable health care environment to examining how scholars of social justice and health care amass evidence this volume promotes a richer understanding of health and justice and how to achieve both.<br/><br/>The contributors are Judith C. Barker Paula Braveman Paul Brodwin Jami Suki Chang Debra DeBruin Leslie A. Dubbin Sarah Horton Carla C. Keirns J. Paul Kelleher Nicholas B. King Eva Feder Kittay Joan Liaschenko Anne Drapkin Lyerly Mary Faith Marshall Carolyn Moxley Rouse Jennifer Prah Ruger and Janet K. Shim.