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Patti Tamara Lenard & Christine Straehle
Health Inequalities and Global Justice [EPUB ebook]

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Explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nations. Millions around the world die from preventable diseases. Millions more suffer from poor health as a result of extreme poverty. Who bears responsibility for heath inequalities? Who should take responsibility for ameliorating them?Contributors to this volume consider whether health inequalities are a result of global distributive inequalities and are therefore of concern to those promoting global redistributive justice.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780748656523 ● Editor Patti Tamara Lenard & Christine Straehle ● Publisher Edinburgh University Press ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2776521 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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