On Norman Daniels' Just Health Care

Norman Daniels is one of well-known bioethicist, and he is also one of world-renowned experts in the field of Health care justice, he has extraordinary influence in this area. Daniels published his book, Just Health Care, in 1985. Just Health Care has broad and specific view. This book is about health care justice. Basing on Rawls' theory of Justice, Daniels analysised healthcare's nature from the philosophy angle , he developed his own theory of just health care. This paper aims at demonstrating and evaluating the thoughts of his book, Just Health Care.Just Health Care, the book contains a wealth of ethical thinking. From the fact that American Medical injustice, Daniels analysised the similarities and differences between health care resources and other resources, demonstrated the specificity of health care and the right to health care macroscopicly, as well as Daniels analysised the similarities and differences between health care needs and preferences , Daniels addressed to meet the scope of the right to health care, that is the appropriate minimum basic rights of health care.microcosmicly Daniels analysised the individual equal access to health care resources in the three relevant factors, these three factors are equity as utilization for need, equity as equality in process varibables, equity as the market availability. Daniels has analysised this pros and cons about three factors in the health care system . Daniels had an idea to consider the combined three factors in order to establish a more rational health care system. In the allocation of medical resources, Individuals including inter-generational equitable distribution, Daniels has also given more attention, According to everyone will be old, because of inter-generational difference about the demand for resources, , that the cooperation savings mechanism is a proper solution lead to fair intergenerational distribution of resources. With the rising self-consciousness, the traditional physician-patient relationship has changed, and Daniels was also aware of these changes, and appropriate medical intervention for providers have done a reasonable freedom to justify the argument in a fair health care system, health care providers have some responsibilities and obligations in a just system.Generally speaking, Just Health Care has broad and specific view, It embodied social responsibility as a philosopher, the whole works in Rawls' Justice and argued that the maintenance health resourcesis an important tool of a people to equal to access to opportunity.