INTRODUCTION: What is Health Justice?

J Law Med Ethics. 2022;50(4):636-640. doi: 10.1017/jme.2023.2.

Abstract

Health justice is both a community-led movement for power building and transformational change and a community-oriented framework for health law scholarship. Health justice is distinguished by a distinctively social ethic of care that reframes the relationship between health care, public health, and the social determinants of health, and names subordination as the root cause of health inequities.

Keywords: Community; Health Care Access; Public Health; Social Determinants of Health; Social Justice.

MeSH terms

  • Health Facilities*
  • Humans
  • Public Health*