Vital Signs

Lee Humber

Description

Nature is no longer the leading cause of death; society is. This makes health care one of the most important political issues today. This book looks at the reasons behind the declining condition of our bodies, as governments across the world choose to neglect the health of the majority of their citizens.



Using hard data taken from service users, Lee Humber constructs a sharp analysis that gets to the heart of inequality in health care today, showing that 'wealthy means healthy'. Life expectancy for many in the UK and US is worse than it was 100 years ago, and more and more communities across the world can expect shorter and less healthy lives than their parents.



Humber also suggests radical strategies for tackling this degenerative situation, providing a compelling vision for how we can shape our health and that of future generations.

List of Figures

1. Introduction

2. Healthcare in the Age of Neoliberalism

3. Mergers, Monopolies and the ‘Rising Billions’

4. The Social Determinants of Health

5. The ‘Inequality Thesis’

6. Ageing Populations?

7. Health, Power and Paradigms

8. Legislating for Better Health?

9. Who’s WHO?

10. The National Health Service: A Revolution Half Made?

11. Conclusion

Notes

Index

Sujets

• Constitutions
• Health Care Delivery
• Medical
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Médecine
• Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• 21st century
• Learning disability
• Venture philanthropy
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• NHS
• Obesity
• World Health Organization
• Health
• Liste de constitutions nationales
• National Health Service
• Fondation Bill-et-Melinda-Gates
• Discrimination
• Organisation mondiale de la santé

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 20 août 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786804259
• Langue: English

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