卫生政策将伦理和政治讨论纳入卫生技术和医学的研究，开发，分配和使用。道德挑战涉及药物和个人生物信息的所有权，患者与医疗从业者之间的互动，医疗保健分配和实践的社会和文化影响以及管理医疗保健系统的复杂融资，监管和法律制度。卫生政策研究人员探索了卫生系统的法律和哲学理论，包括卫生保健权和卫生服务分配中的分配正义。
Health policy incorporates both ethical and political discussions integral to the research, development, distribution, and use of health technologies and medicine. Ethical challenges concern ownership of drugs and personal biological information, interactions between patients and medical practitioners, the social and cultural impact of healthcare distribution and practices, and the complex financing, regulatory, and legal regime governing the healthcare system. Researchers in health policy explore legal and philosophical theories of health systems, including rights to healthcare and distributive justice in health services allocation.