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Health justice : an argument from the capabilities approach / Sridhar Venkatapuram.

By: Publisher: Malden : Polity, 2011Description: xi, 270 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780745650357
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1 VEN
Action note:
  • Self-Renewing 2017
Summary: "Recognizing the social bases of health and longevity, Venkatapuram extends the 'capabilities approach' of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum into the domain of health and health sciences. ... He formulates an inter-disciplinary argument that draws on the natural and social sciences ... to argue for every human being's moral entitlement to a capability to be healthy."
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"Recognizing the social bases of health and longevity, Venkatapuram extends the 'capabilities approach' of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum into the domain of health and health sciences. ... He formulates an inter-disciplinary argument that draws on the natural and social sciences ... to argue for every human being's moral entitlement to a capability to be healthy."

Self-Renewing 2017 UoY