Beyond Medicine
Why European Social Democracies Enjoy Better Health Outcomes Than the United States
Seiten
2021
Ilr Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-5456-2 (ISBN)
Ilr Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-5456-2 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Paul V. Dutton is Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Health Sciences at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of Differential Diagnoses and Origins of the French Welfare State.
Introduction: Relative Decline Is Decline All the Same
1. Infant and Child Health in the United States and France
2. Workers' Health in the United States and Germany
3. After Work in the United States and Sweden
Conclusion: Beyond Medicine
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.03.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Charts; 2 Halftones, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5017-5456-4 / 1501754564 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5017-5456-2 / 9781501754562 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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