First of all while health inequality has moral and political implications measurement of health inequality has philosophical as well as statistical aspects health inequality is a moral problem because health is determined in part by things that can be controlled like health care and those that cannot most of what is considered to be health has its roots in the social and . In this study yukiko asada seeks to acknowledge the role that morality and theories of justice play in health inequality research and to articulate the moral philosophy underlying this field of inquiry comprised of two distinct parts health inequality first proposes a framework for measuring health inequality reflecting moral concern then goes on to show how this framework can be applied . Health inequality morality and measurement asada yukiko 9780802092441 books amazonca skip to main contentca hello select your address books hello sign in account lists account returns orders cart all best sellers gift ideas prime new releases customer . To meet this goal this book proposes a framework for measuring health inequality reflecting moral concerns part 1 the framework consists of the following three steps 1 defining when a health distribution becomes inequitable that is of moral concern 2 deciding on measurement strategies to operationalize a chosen concept of health equity and 3 summarizing a health distribution