Ideal for students in the philosophy of medicine, healthcare and public health, this book offers an introduction to the philosophical debates around health justice. It presents clear conceptual definitions of health, disease and illness and the various theories of justice, developing a specific normative argument in the debate on health justice.

Thomas Schramme is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He has published widely in philosophy of medicine, including the Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine (co-edited with Steven Edwards; 2017), New Perspectives on Paternalism and Health Care (2015) and Being Amoral: Psychopathy and Moral Incapacity (2014).

Preface
1. The Concept of Disease
2. Health
3. Theories of Social Justice
4. Theories of Health Justice
5. Global Health Justice
6. Curtailing Health Promotion
7. A Sufficientarian Theory of Health Justice
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index