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Inequality and antibiotic resistance: A contractualist perspective
Author(s) -
Millar Michael
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-8519
pISSN - 0269-9702
DOI - 10.1111/bioe.12654
Subject(s) - inequality , perspective (graphical) , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , social inequality , politics , intensive care medicine , sociology , medicine , political science , law , biology , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , artificial intelligence
There are substantial inequalities associated with antibiotics and the determinants of their effectiveness, including the risk of exposure to antibiotic‐resistant microbes, access to relevant treatment advice, diagnostic facilities, risk of life‐threatening infectious disease, and access to antibiotics. Current arrangements (social, political, economic) allow inequalities in the distribution of antibiotic benefits and burdens. This article focuses on the justification of relevant inequalities from a contractualist perspective.