Philosophers on Access to Medicine: What Sort of Access to Which Medicines?

Authors

Govind C. Persad, University of DenverFollow

Publication Date

10-28-2020

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

Philosophy, Medicine, Health equity, Bioethics

Abstract

Two issues are central to the ethics of access to medicines. First, defining access and understanding tradeoffs between different types of access. Second, understanding which medicines should be understood as essential and how increasing access to some medicines might compete with increasing access to others. Two issues are central to the ethics of access to medicines. First, defining access and understanding tradeoffs between different types of access. Second, understanding which medicines should be understood as essential and how increasing access to some medicines might compete with increasing access to others.

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Govind Persad, Philosophers on Access to Medicine: What Sort of Access to Which Medicines?, Daily Nous (Oct. 28, 2020), https://dailynous.com/2020/10/28/philosophers-access-medicine/#persad.