{"product_id":"health-and-social-justice-jennifer-prah-ruger-9780199559978","title":"Health \u0026 Social Justice C","description":"Societies make decisions and take actions that profoundly impact the distribution of health. Why and how should collective choices be made, and policies implemented, to address health inequalities under conditions of resource scarcity? How should societies conceptualize and measure health disparities, and determine whether they've been adequately addressed? Who is responsible for various aspects of this important social problem? In \u003cem\u003eHealth and Social Justice, \u003c\/em\u003e Jennifer Prah Ruger elucidates principles to guide these decisions, the evidence that should inform them, and the policies necessary to build equitable and efficient health systems world-wide. This book weaves together original insights and disparate constructs to produce a foundational new theory, the \u003cem\u003ehealth capability paradigm.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuger's theory takes the ongoing debates about the theoretical underpinnings of national health disparities and systems in striking new directions. It shows the limitations of existing approaches (utilitarian, libertarian, Rawlsian, communitarian), and effectively balances a consequentialist focus on health outcomes and costs with a proceduralist respect for individuals' \u003cem\u003ehealth agency.\u003c\/em\u003e Through what Ruger calls \u003cem\u003eshared health governance, \u003c\/em\u003e it emphasizes responsibility and choice. It allows broader assessment of injustices, including attributes and conditions affecting individuals' \"human flourishing,\" as well as societal structures within which resource distribution occurs. Addressing complex issues at the intersection of philosophy, economics, and politics in health, this fresh perspective bridges the divide between the collective and the individual, between personal freedom and social welfare, equality and efficiency, and science and economics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Prah Ruger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019955997X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199559978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010","brand":"Jennifer Prah Ruger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054719627519,"sku":"9780199559978","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_548dd0ee-99f9-4834-85aa-7c645be4a9c4.jpg?v=1685031593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/health-and-social-justice-jennifer-prah-ruger-9780199559978","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}