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- Title
Justice and Access to Healthcare: A Kaleidoscopic View.
- Authors
Ali, S. M. Aamir; Ghose, Anuttama
- Abstract
In this era of globalization, there is rampant inequality in access to healthcare around the world, because of which justice at the global level looks utopian. The objective of this paper is to evaluate various global justice perspectives through various philosophical approaches and to analyze the situations in which intellectual property could lead to restriction of right to health. The study is limited to global justice perspectives within three theories or philosophies, i.e., egalitarian, communitarian and Rawls difference principle. Through this paper, the author attempts to answer a few general research questions and a few specific research questions. The general research questions are: What are the philosophical foundations upon which the global justice to health can be based? What are the rights and interests, liabilities and duties of the global north? And what are some global justice perspectives which give basis to universal availability of right to health? And the specific research questions are:Who are the important stakeholders or constituents in the process at the international level? Do patents on pharmaceuticals act as an impediment to the realization of human right to health? Does evergreening of patents impact accessibility to healthcare and essential medicines?
- Subjects
HEALTH services accessibility; ACCESS to justice; HEALTH equity; INTELLECTUAL property; GLOBAL North-South divide; COMMUNITARIANISM
- Publication
IUP Law Review, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
2231-3095
- Publication type
Article