Social Justice
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Consumer-driven health care: answer to global competition or threat to social justice?

29 Sep 2009 Health planning in the United States is rapidly approaching a fork in the policy road, with one direction leading the nation toward a universal plan with strong government involvement and the other direction strengthening existing market-based ... Read more...

Inequities in maternal postnatal visits among public and private patients: 2004 Pelotas cohort study.

12 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The postnatal period is the ideal time to deliver interventions to improve the health of both the newborn and the mother. However, postnatal care shows low-level coverage in a large number of countries. The objectives of this study were ... Read more...

Fair today, fair tomorrow? A longitudinal investigation of overall justice perceptions.

30 Aug 2009 Most work on organizational justice has been cross-sectional and focused on specific justice dimensions rather than perceptions of overall justice. As a result, little is known about how overall justice perceptions unfold over time. This study ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Social Justice'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• When history really is not applicable or relevant. 24 Oct 2009
• Towards reducing disparities in disparities research. 19 Oct 2009
• A colloquium on the congress "A gift for life. Considerations on organ donation". 13 Oct 2009
• Consumer-driven health care: answer to global competition or threat to social justice? 29 Sep 2009
• Women and children first-or last? The New York Declaration. 29 Sep 2009
• Professional behaviors of physicians and pursuing social justice. 21 Sep 2009
• Inequities in maternal postnatal visits among public and private patients: 2004 Pelotas cohort study. 12 Sep 2009
• Quarraisha Abdool Karim: investigating HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Interview by Priva Shetty. 10 Sep 2009
• Sign for a fair society. 30 Aug 2009
• Slipping through the net: social vulnerability in pandemic planning. 30 Aug 2009
• Swine flu vaccine: what is fair? 30 Aug 2009
• The American right to health. 30 Aug 2009
• Traveling exhibit showcases Catholic sisters meeting needs. "Women & Spirit" captures women religious' contributions toward health care, education and social justice. 30 Aug 2009
• Fair today, fair tomorrow? A longitudinal investigation of overall justice perceptions. 30 Aug 2009
• Expanding the paradigm. 30 Aug 2009
• Health inequalities: gendered puzzles and conundrums. The 10th Annual Sol Levine Lecture on Society and Health, October 6, 2008. 19 Aug 2009
• Ethical issues relating the the banking of umbilical cord blood in Mexico. 12 Aug 2009
• Health research ethics in public health: trials and implementation of malaria mosquito control strategies. 6 Aug 2009
• Ethical principles in health research and review process. 5 Aug 2009
• Probable posttraumatic stress disorder and disability in Cambodia: associations with perceived justice, desire for revenge, and attitudes toward the Khmer Rouge trials. 3 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Social Justice'

Definition: An interactive process whereby members of a community are concerned for the equality and rights of all.

Descriptor UI: D012935

Alternative terms: Social Justice; Justice, Social; Obligations of Society; Justice; Common Good; Good, Common;

Related Mesh Headings: Civil Rights; Human Rights;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.473.700; K01.316.756.750; K01.752.256.830.750; N03.706.437.700;

History Note: 91(78); was see under HUMAN RIGHTS 1978-90

Technical Notes: specify geographic term if pertinent