Health and Social Justice Quotes

“health capabilities appeal to theories of choice by shedding light on the choices and options individuals have at their disposal in achieving health outcomes;”
― Jennifer Prah Ruger, Health and Social Justice

“health capabilities represent abilities for good health as the outcome, as opposed to a scheme that justifies functioning or health care for equality of opportunity or some other societal objective such as”
― Jennifer Prah Ruger, Health and Social Justice

“Concepts such as ‘health’ or ‘quality of life’ cannot claim to have a unique, unchanging meaning. Such concepts entail a degree of social and cultural construction, with different meanings across time and place.”
― Jennifer Prah Ruger, Health and Social Justice

“Meeting the health needs and health agency deficits associated with central health capabilities must precede addressing other health capabilities; the selection and weights among non-central health capabilities can await further specification (selection and weighting) through social agreement”
― Jennifer Prah Ruger, Health and Social Justice