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Beyond Medicine : Why European Social Democracies Enjoy Better Health Outcomes Than the United States /
In Beyond Medicine, Paul V. Dutton provides a penetrating historical analysis of why countless studies show that Americans are far less healthy than their European counterparts. Dutton argues that Europeans are healthier than Americans because beginning in the late nineteenth century European nation...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Beyond Medicine, Paul V. Dutton provides a penetrating historical analysis of why countless studies show that Americans are far less healthy than their European counterparts. Dutton argues that Europeans are healthier than Americans because beginning in the late nineteenth century European nations began construction of health systems that focused not only on medical care but the broad social determinants of health: where and how we live, work, play, and age. European leaders also created social safety nets that became integral to national economic policy. In contrast, US leaders often viewed investments to improve the social determinants of health and safety-net programs as a competing priority to economic growth. Beyond Medicine compares the US to three European social democracies-France, Germany, and Sweden-in order to explain how, in differing ways, each protects the health of infants and children, working-age adults, and the elderly. Unlike most comparative health system analyses, Dutton draws on history to find answers to our most nettlesome health policy questions. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (216 p.) : 2 b&w halftones, 1 b&w line drawing, 3 charts |
| ISBN: | 9781501754586 9783110739084 9783110754001 9783110753776 9783110754148 9783110753912 |
| Acceso: | restricted access |