HREQ 1930 Chapter Notes -Health Equity
2 Dec 2013
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Recall: less tolerant of inequalities in health than in a variety of other inequalities (say income). We understand that health to be a special good with both intrinsic and instrumental value (vs. exclusively instrumental value of income. Income in equality is necessary and acceptable (income is a reward, motivating factor) Allow for income equality for a variety of reasons. Health directly impacts (enables or obstructs) life chances. Health is among the most important conditions of human life and capabilities (sen, 23) Without health nothing is of any use not money nor anything else . Untouchables; man has lots of money, but is quadrapoledic. In the recent study by the world bank ill health and its consequences emerged from interviews with over 60,000 poor persons as the primary reason for impoverishment (evans. Cant intervene to make everyone have the same starting position.
