HEALTH, JUSTICE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

In this article, we argue that the scope of bioethical debate concerning justice in health should expand beyond the topic of access to health care and cover such issues as occupational hazards, safe housing, air pollution, water quality, food and drug safety, pest control, public health, childhood n...

全面介紹

Saved in:  
書目詳細資料
Authors: Resnik, David B. (Author) ; Roman, Gerard (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
載入...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
出版: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
In: Bioethics
Year: 2007, 卷: 21, 發布: 4, Pages: 230-241
Further subjects:B Justice
B Health Disparities
B Access to care
B health inequalities
B Contractarianism
B Utilitarianism
B Environment
B international justice
在線閱讀: Presumably Free Access
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
實物特徵
總結:In this article, we argue that the scope of bioethical debate concerning justice in health should expand beyond the topic of access to health care and cover such issues as occupational hazards, safe housing, air pollution, water quality, food and drug safety, pest control, public health, childhood nutrition, disaster preparedness, literacy, and many other environmental factors that can cause differences in health. Since society does not have sufficient resources to address all of these environmental factors at one time, it is important to set priorities for bioethical theorizing and policy formation. Two considerations should be used to set these priorities: (1) the impact of the environmental factor on health inequality, and (2) the practicality of addressing the factor.
ISSN:1467-8519
Contains:Enthalten in: Bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00547.x