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category: Law
published: Nov 2011
ISBN:9780774821889
publisher: UBC Press

Being Relational

Reflections on Relational Theory and Health Law

edited by Jocelyn Downie & Jennifer J. Llewellyn

tagged: health, public health, health policy
Description

At the heart of relational theory lies the idea that the human self is fundamentally constituted in terms of its relations to others. For relational theorists, the self not only lives in relationship with and to others, but also owes its very existence to such relationships. In this groundbreaking collection, leading relational theorists explore core moral and metaphysical concepts, while health law and policy scholars respond by analyzing how such considerations might apply to more practical areas of concern.

 

Innovative and self-reflexive, Being Relational brings a powerful theoretical framework to health law and policy studies. In so doing, it makes a bold contribution to scholarship and will appeal to a broad range of thinkers, especially those with an interest in social justice, and who seek to understand the complex ways in which power is created and sustained relationally.

About the Authors

Jocelyn Downie, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy. Professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine and faculty associate of the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie University. Professor Downie's current work is geared to contributing to the academic literature and affecting change in health law, policy, and practice.


Jocelyn Downie, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy. Professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine and faculty associate of the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie University. Professor Downie's current work is geared to contributing to the academic literature and affecting change in health law, policy, and practice.

Contributor Notes

Jocelyn Downie is a professor of law and medicine and a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy at Dalhousie University. She is a member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada. Jennifer J. Llewellyn is an associate professor of law at Dalhousie University and director of the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Community University Research Alliance.

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