HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Synecdoche, Moral Hazard

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2321
• Professor: Brieanne Olibris

Document Summary

Sociopolitical and economic perspectives in health lecture 13. Why policy: policy is one of the most versatile tools we have to effect change. Elements of policy and policymaking: policy and policymaking are composed of, or arise from, goals: values of community life, problems: disparities between goals and reality, solutions: policy instruments used to solve problems. Equity: type of issues: distributive conflicts, equality: sameness; the component of a distribution that is uniform, equity: distributions that are fair; distributions contain both equalities and inequalities, three dimensions of distributions: Intrinsic vs instrumental value: volatility vs security, quantity vs quality. Individual vs relational needs: absolute vs relative welfare, distinguishing need from want, welfare and efficiency relationship, four common arguments and counter arguments, including moral hazard. Interests are a common concern, goal, or cause of an issue. Interests have two main dimensions: economic and political.