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"If you
live longer than I do, or if you suffer of less sickness and disability, our health status
is unequal. There is inequality between us, but not necessarily inequity. The difference
may not result from our living conditions, which may be essentially the same, but from
accidents, genetics, or lifestyle choices. If however the differences in our health
status result from different living conditions, mine being less satisfactory than yours, a
question of inequity arises. I may have less access to nutritious foods, difficulty in
finding decent housing or high quality health care sensitive to my particular needs. My
income may be lower and my work stressful and demoralizing, punctuated by frequent periods
of prolonged unemployment. In this case, inequalities in health status are the result of
inequities in life " (Maltrud,Polacsek,Wallerstein.,1997,p.1).. |
