By Rid, Annette Just health: meeting health needs fairlyAuthor: Norman DanielsPublisher: Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008ISBN- 13: 978-0-521-69998-3; paperback; 408 pages; price US$ 29.99 What does justice require with regard to population health? This is the question addressed by distinguished American philosopher Norman Daniels in his new book on justice and health.

A looming political showdown over the fate of embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was avoided Wednesday after a deal was reached with the Labor Party.

By Buchanan, David R With attention to the field of public health ethics growing, significant time has been devoted to identifying a sound ethical justification for paternalistic interventions that override individual autonomy to prevent people from adopting unhealthy behaviors.

By Steven Erlanger Ehud Olmert, the acting prime minister and the leader of the new Kadima party, has been renamed "Smolmert" in an effort to label him dovish and leftist ("smol" is Hebrew for "left").