Open AccessAn appreciative contextual response to Jean-Pierre Wils, ‘Is there a future for “medical ethics”?’ Just Health as a public theological concern
Author(s) -
Dion Angus Forster
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
in die skriflig/in die skriflig
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-0853
pISSN - 1018-6441
DOI - 10.4102/ids.v50i1.2122
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , economic justice , relation (database) , medical ethics , public health , apathy , position (finance) , environmental ethics , sociology , health care , political science , law , philosophy , medicine , nursing , history , psychiatry , cognition , archaeology , finance , database , computer science , economics
This article takes the form of an appreciative contextual response to the notion of ‘just health’ that is formulated in Jean-Pierre Wils’ article, ‘Is there a future for medical ethics?’ It approaches the notion of just health in the South African context from a public theological vantage point. The article addresses the issues of justice, care and the future of ‘medical ethics’ by adopting a position that seeks to constructively engage empire, economics and apathy in relation to just health in South Africa.