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    Norman Daniels argues health justice is grounded in fair ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→In cases where targeted interventions would stigmatize already disadvantaged groups, public health authorities may be required by justice to adopt less efficient universal programs instead.

    Norman Daniels argues health justice is grounded in fair equality of opportunity, which is maximized by efficiently targeting those whose opportunities are most compromised by disease.

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    Key Terms

    Efficiently targeting(as the method for maximizing opportunity)
    Directing resources or help toward specific people in a smart, practical way that wastes the least amount of effort or money.
    Health justice(as used in medical ethics)
    The idea that everyone deserves fair access to health and the conditions needed to be healthy, regardless of who they are.
    Norman Daniels(mentioned as an authority on health justice)
    A contemporary philosopher who studies fairness in healthcare and how to distribute medical resources justly across different stages of someone's life.
    fair equality of opportunity(Rawlsian political philosophy)
    A principle requiring that individuals have fair opportunity regardless of social class of origin, which demands state action beyond anti-discrimination measures

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    To be explained by or to have its reason or basis in something else—like how a tree being wet is grounded in (explained by) recent rain.

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