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International Health Inequalities and Global Justice

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International Public Health Policy and Ethics

Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine ((LIME,volume 42))

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When are international inequalities in health unjust? This discussion falls short of providing an answer because we remain unclear just what kinds of obligations states and international institutions and rule-making bodies have regarding health inequalities across countries. To arrive at a real answer, we must carry out the task of explaining the substance of international obligations for the various kinds of cooperative schemes, international agencies, and international rule-making bodies in order to specify when the internationally socially controllable factors affecting health are justly distributed and regulated.

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  1. Harvard School of Public Health, USA

    Norman Daniels Ph.D. (Mary B Saltonstall Professor, Professor of Ethics and Population Health)

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  1. Marymount University, Arlington, USA

    Michael Boylan

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Daniels, N. (2008). International Health Inequalities and Global Justice. In: Boylan, M. (eds) International Public Health Policy and Ethics. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8617-5_7

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