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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825591103321

Autore

Dutton Paul V.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : ILR Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-5017-5457-2

1-5017-5456-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

The culture and politics of health care work

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Health - Social aspects - United States

Health - Social aspects - Europe, Western

Health - Political aspects - United States

Health - Political aspects - Europe, Western

Medical care - United States - History

Medical care - Europe, Western - History

Well-being - United States

Well-being - Europe, Western

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Relative decline is decline all the same -- Infant and child health in France and the United States -- Workers' health in Germany and the United States -- After work in Sweden and the United States -- Beyond medicine.

Sommario/riassunto

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.