Sudhir Anand is Professor of Economics at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford.Fabienne Peter is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick.Amartya Sen, a Nobel Laureate, is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University and formerly Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Although many of the papers-- by some of the most distinguished authors in the field and embracing perspectives from several disciplines, including economics, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology--have been published elsewhere it is useful to have them bound in one volume, because they are some of the most significant contributions to the discourse on health equity.

• Preface ; Introduction ; I. HEALTH EQUITY ; 1. The Concern for Equity in Health ; 2. Why Health Equity? ; II. HEALTH, SOCIETY, AND JUSTICE ; 3. Social Causes of Social Inequalities in Health ; 4. Why Justice is Good for Our Health: The Social Determinants of Health Inequalities ; 5. Health Equity and Social Justice ; III. RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE ; 6. Justice, Socioeconomic Status, and Responsibility for Health ; 7. Relational Conceptions of Justice: Responsibilities for Health Outcomes ; 8. Just Health Care in a Plurinational Country ; IV. ETHICAL AND MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS IN HEALTH EVALUATION ; 9. Disability-adjusted Life Years: A Critical Review ; 10. Ethical Issues in the Use of Cost Effectiveness Analysis for the Prioritization of Health Care Resources ; 11. Deciding Whom to Help, Health-Adjusted Life Years, and Disabilities ; 12. The Value of Living Longer ; V. EQUITY AND CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH EVALUATION ; 13. Health Achievement and Equity: External and Internal Perspectives ; 14. Ethics and Experience: An Anthropological Approach to Health Equity ; 15. Equity of the Ineffable: Cultural and Political Constraints on Ethnomedicine as a Health Problem in Contemporary Tibet

Sudhir Anand is Professor of Economics at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford.Fabienne Peter is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick.Amartya Sen, a Nobel Laureate, is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University and formerly Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Although many of the papers-- by some of the most distinguished authors in the field and embracing perspectives from several disciplines, including economics, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology--have been published elsewhere it is useful to have them bound in one volume, because they are some of the most significant contributions to the discourse on health equity.

• Preface ; Introduction ; I. HEALTH EQUITY ; 1. The Concern for Equity in Health ; 2. Why Health Equity? ; II. HEALTH, SOCIETY, AND JUSTICE ; 3. Social Causes of Social Inequalities in Health ; 4. Why Justice is Good for Our Health: The Social Determinants of Health Inequalities ; 5. Health Equity and Social Justice ; III. RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE ; 6. Justice, Socioeconomic Status, and Responsibility for Health ; 7. Relational Conceptions of Justice: Responsibilities for Health Outcomes ; 8. Just Health Care in a Plurinational Country ; IV. ETHICAL AND MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS IN HEALTH EVALUATION ; 9. Disability-adjusted Life Years: A Critical Review ; 10. Ethical Issues in the Use of Cost Effectiveness Analysis for the Prioritization of Health Care Resources ; 11. Deciding Whom to Help, Health-Adjusted Life Years, and Disabilities ; 12. The Value of Living Longer ; V. EQUITY AND CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH EVALUATION ; 13. Health Achievement and Equity: External and Internal Perspectives ; 14. Ethics and Experience: An Anthropological Approach to Health Equity ; 15. Equity of the Ineffable: Cultural and Political Constraints on Ethnomedicine as a Health Problem in Contemporary Tibet

Sudhir Anand is Professor of Economics at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford.Fabienne Peter is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick.Amartya Sen, a Nobel Laureate, is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University and formerly Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Although many of the papers-- by some of the most distinguished authors in the field and embracing perspectives from several disciplines, including economics, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology--have been published elsewhere it is useful to have them bound in one volume, because they are some of the most significant contributions to the discourse on health equity.

• Preface ; Introduction ; I. HEALTH EQUITY ; 1. The Concern for Equity in Health ; 2. Why Health Equity? ; II. HEALTH, SOCIETY, AND JUSTICE ; 3. Social Causes of Social Inequalities in Health ; 4. Why Justice is Good for Our Health: The Social Determinants of Health Inequalities ; 5. Health Equity and Social Justice ; III. RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE ; 6. Justice, Socioeconomic Status, and Responsibility for Health ; 7. Relational Conceptions of Justice: Responsibilities for Health Outcomes ; 8. Just Health Care in a Plurinational Country ; IV. ETHICAL AND MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS IN HEALTH EVALUATION ; 9. Disability-adjusted Life Years: A Critical Review ; 10. Ethical Issues in the Use of Cost Effectiveness Analysis for the Prioritization of Health Care Resources ; 11. Deciding Whom to Help, Health-Adjusted Life Years, and Disabilities ; 12. The Value of Living Longer ; V. EQUITY AND CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH EVALUATION ; 13. Health Achievement and Equity: External and Internal Perspectives ; 14. Ethics and Experience: An Anthropological Approach to Health Equity ; 15. Equity of the Ineffable: Cultural and Political Constraints on Ethnomedicine as a Health Problem in Contemporary Tibet