Health Care as a Social Good: Religious Values and American Democracy

Author:   David M. Craig
Publisher:   Georgetown University Press
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9781626160774


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   10 September 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   David M. Craig
Publisher:   Georgetown University Press
Imprint:   Georgetown University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9781626160774


ISBN 10:   1626160775
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   10 September 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: Hearing Health Care Values I. The Moral Languages of US Health Care1. Health Care as a Private Benefit or Private Choice 2. Health Care as a Public Right3. Health Care as a Social Good II. Religious Values in Health Policy, Markets, and Politics4. Modeling Community Benefit: Social Contract, Common Good, Covenant 5. Assessing Market-Driven Reforms: Economy without Solidarity 6. Building Solidarity: Religious Activism and Social Justice Conclusion: Religious Values and Community Care

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Could become as significant for discussions of American life as Habits of the Heart (1985; updated ed., 2008) and The Good Society (CH, Mar'92, 29-4200), both by Robert N. Bellah et al., were for the late 20th century. -- G.R. Thursby, University of Florida CHOICE Connect Does a truly remarkable job with a detailed and comprehensible analysis of the competing moral languages of the U.S. health care as a private benefit/choice, as a public benefit, and as a social good. -- Kevin Quinn America Magazine


Could become as significant for discussions of American life as Habits of the Heart (1985; updated ed., 2008) and The Good Society (CH, Mar'92, 29-4200), both by Robert N. Bellah et al., were for the late 20th century. -- G.R. Thursby, University of Florida, CHOICE Connect Does a truly remarkable job with a detailed and comprehensible analysis of the competing moral languages of the U.S. health care as a private benefit/choice, as a public benefit, and as a social good. -- Kevin Quinn, America Magazine


Author Information

David M. Craig is associate professor of religious studies and the Thomas H. Lake Scholar in Religion and Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He is the author of John Ruskin and the Ethics of Consumption (University of Virginia Press, 2006).

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