Health Equity

Refer to Box 7-2 in your textbook (pp. 124)

Respond to the following questions:
Do you think trying to achieve wide-scale health equity is a laudable goal? Why or why not? If yes, what do you think are the keys to achieving it? And what about people who are given the opportunity to achieve optimal health but do not take advantage of it; should they face consequences of some sort? If so, what consequences.