3115.1 Health and Social Justice

Monday, November 8, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will feature an address by Ethics SPIG Chair, Jennifer Prah Ruger, based on her recently published book, Health and Social Justice (2010).
Session Objectives: 1. Compare major theoretical orientations toward social justice; 2. Explain the importance of a norms-based approach to health promotion; 3. Analyze a means for society to reach agreement on complex and deeply contested health policy issues.
Moderator:
Andrea Lynn Kalfoglou, PhD
Panelists:
Kirk C. Allison, PhD, MS , Bruce Jennings, MA , Andrea Lynn Kalfoglou, PhD and Lisa Eckenwiler, PhD

10:30am
Social Justice, Health Equity and Ruger's Capability Approach
Kirk C. Allison, PhD, MS
10:50am
Social Justice and the Limits of Liberalism in Public Health
Bruce Jennings, MA
11:10am
An Ecological Conception of Global Health Equity
Lisa Eckenwiler, PhD

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