Bibliograph

Beyond medicine, why European social democracies enjoy better health outcomes than the United States, Paul V. Dutton

Type

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Beyond medicine, why European social democracies enjoy better health outcomes than the United States, Paul V. Dutton

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond medicine

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Paul V. Dutton

Series statement

The culture and politics of health care work

Sub title

why European social democracies enjoy better health outcomes than the United States

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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