Health care ethics and social justice

Big issues | Specific issues | Organizations | People | Reference

Big issues

Divestment from HMO’s
Strategy to change health system – article from Tikkun | campaign by Healthcare-NOW!

For-profit vs. not-for-profit health care
Corporations and capitalism can cause patients to be disempowered, dependent and helpless; worth is as a sick person, not as a healthy individual

Linking health care to employment
Prevents people from changing jobs, forces people to keep jobs they hate or are not best suited for

Occupy Wall Street
From Wikipedia – “…an ongoing series of demonstrations initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters which began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park , located in New York City ‘s Wall Street financial district. The protests are against social and economic inequality , high unemployment, greed, as well as corruption, and the undue influence of corporations—particularly that of the financial services sector—on government. The protesters’ slogan We are the 99% refers to the growing difference in wealth in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population.”

Single payer system
Social justice issue – universal health care page from Public Health and Social Justice | single payer article from Medicine and Social Justice blog
Social determinants of health – CDC | Healthy People 2020 | WHO | Wikipedia

Social determinants of health
WHO | Wikipedia

Social responsibility
Canadian view of medical training – Social Accountability – A Vision for Canadian Medical Schools white paper by AFMC Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
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Specific issues

Palliative care
NCPC Great Britain | NQF standards
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Organizations
Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values MIT
Health Care For All NY
Healthcare-NOW!
Joint Centre for Bioethics University of Toronto
NACCHO health equity and social justice initiatives
Occupy Buffalo
Optum Institute for Sustainable Health
Physicians for a National Health Program
Society for Participatory Medicine | Journal of Participatory Medicine
United States Institute of Peace – Global Peacebuilding Center
WNY Health Care Campaign
WNY Public Health Alliance
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People
Solly Benatar (link to U. of Toronto profile)
Arthur Caplan (link to bioethics columns) – MSNBC bioethicist
James Dwyer (link to Upstate Medical Center profile) – Global Health Discussion Group (link to course flyer) | Obesity: Ethical Dilemma and Public Health Challenge (link to 2008 talk flyer) | How to Connect Bioethics & Environmental Ethics (link to flyer from 2010 grand rounds)
Garrett Hardin Wikipedia | Garrett Hardin Society
Erich Loewy (link to UC Davis profile) – LinkedIn | obituary
Steve Wear (link to UB profile) – Romanell fund article
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Reference
Sick Around the World PBS program
The Careless Society Amazon | Google books | World Hunger Notes review
Tragedy of the commons article | Wikipedia – 1968 paper about overpopulation
Unnatural Causes PBS series