Joar Björk
Biographic Data
| ID | 8666002 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joar Björk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joar |
| FAMILY NAME | Björk |
| SIGNATURE | BJORK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7194-4875 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Prioritising time for communication in healthcare—a normative analysis
Modern healthcare faces a mismatch in terms of supply and demand which makes careful priority setting imperative. The debate on priority setting in healthcare has focussed on pharmaceuticals and other tangible medical interventions. This article instead looks at the time that healthcare professionals have at their disposal. How should healthcare professionals divide their time between tangible medical interventions and communication with patients…
Responsibility and disrespect
In a recent paper, Tsiakiri (2025) defends the use of luckegalitarianism (LE) in health-care priority setting againstthe charge of disrespect. She claims that a ”responsibilitysensitive healthcare system”, that is, a healthcare systemthat relies upon or is in accord with certain luck-egalitarianprinciples regarding priority setting decisions, can be compatible with respect for patients. She supports this claim byalluding to the Doctrine of Double…
An “ethics of strangers”? On knowing the patient in clinical ethics
The shape and function of ethical imperatives may vary if the context is an interaction between strangers, or those who are well acquainted. This idea, taken up from Stephen Toulmin’s distinction between an “ethics of strangers” and an “ethics of intimacy”, can be applied to encounters in healthcare. There are situations where healthcare personnel (HCP) know their patients (corresponding to an “ethics of intimacy”) and situations where HCP do not…
Better in theory than in practise? Challenges when applying the luck egalitarian ethos in health care policy
Luck egalitarianism, a theory of distributive justice, holds that inequalities which arise due to individuals’ imprudent choices must not, as a matter of justice, be neutralized. This article deals with the possible application of luck egalitarianism to the area of health care. It seeks to investigate whether the ethos of luck egalitarianism can be operationalized to the point of informing health care policy without straying from its own ideals. …
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Better in theory than in practise? Challenges when applying the luck egalitarian ethos in health care policy
Luck egalitarianism, a theory of distributive justice, holds that inequalities which arise due to individuals’ imprudent choices must not, as a matter of justice, be neutralized. This article deals with the possible application of luck egalitarianism to the area of health care. It seeks to investigate whether the ethos of luck egalitarianism can be operationalized to the point of informing health care policy without straying from its own ideals. …
An “ethics of strangers”? On knowing the patient in clinical ethics
The shape and function of ethical imperatives may vary if the context is an interaction between strangers, or those who are well acquainted. This idea, taken up from Stephen Toulmin’s distinction between an “ethics of strangers” and an “ethics of intimacy”, can be applied to encounters in healthcare. There are situations where healthcare personnel (HCP) know their patients (corresponding to an “ethics of intimacy”) and situations where HCP do not…
Prioritising time for communication in healthcare—a normative analysis
Modern healthcare faces a mismatch in terms of supply and demand which makes careful priority setting imperative. The debate on priority setting in healthcare has focussed on pharmaceuticals and other tangible medical interventions. This article instead looks at the time that healthcare professionals have at their disposal. How should healthcare professionals divide their time between tangible medical interventions and communication with patients…
Responsibility and disrespect
In a recent paper, Tsiakiri (2025) defends the use of luckegalitarianism (LE) in health-care priority setting againstthe charge of disrespect. She claims that a ”responsibilitysensitive healthcare system”, that is, a healthcare systemthat relies upon or is in accord with certain luck-egalitarianprinciples regarding priority setting decisions, can be compatible with respect for patients. She supports this claim byalluding to the Doctrine of Double…
Health care (4 works) · Normative (3 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Ethics in medical practice (2 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medical law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy of medicine (2 works)