Justice in healthcare
The South African promise
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 3609694 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Ames Dhai (0000-0001-6009-6428, University of the Witwatersrand, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2020 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 434-448 |
| Data de publicação | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Social Dynamics (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0253-3952 • E-ISSN: 1940-7874 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02533952.2020.1853953 |
| OpenAlex | W3113205797 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 23 |
South Africa’s (SA) National Health Insurance Policy (NHIP) underpins the establishment of a unified health system in the country based on the principles of social solidarity, progressive universalism, equity and health as a public good and a social investment, underscoring the values of justice, fairness and equity. The right to health contains both freedoms and entitlements with the latter providing for equality of opportunity to allow for everyone to enjoy the highest attainable level of health which is analogous to an ethically acceptable minimum standard of quality (EAMSQ). Inequalities in health coupled with striking increases in the cost of healthcare have inevitably stimulated debate on the role of justice and its requirements of particular societies. The level of access is dependent on distributive justice principles. This takes into consideration available social resources and a fair approach to the process of decision-making, necessitating another critical process; that of priority setting, which ranks services according to their importance and hence determines the distribution such that both winners and losers are created. Priority setting is assisted by the right to health principle. Health equity is central to the understanding of social justice with priority being given to the worst off. The aim of the paper is to develop a set of ethical elements of the EAMSQ, which aligns with the Constitution’s commitment to the right to healthcare
Business · Constitution · Distributive justice · Economic Justice · Economics · Health care · Health equity · Law and economics · Political science · Public economics · Public relations · Right to health · Sociology · Solidarity · Universalism · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa
Challenges of quality improvement in the healthcare of South Africa post-apartheid
Accountability for reasonableness
Why health equity?
How 'Decent' Is a Decent Minimum of Health Care?
The Minimum Core of the Human Right to Health
Creating capabilities
Closing the mental health treatment gap in South Africa
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
Pious Wishes or Directly Enforceable Human Rights
Fairness and accountability for reasonableness. Do the views of priority setting decision makers differ across health systems and levels of decision making
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
|---|---|
| Altamente citado | Não |