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UNINA9910825591103321 |
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Autore |
Dutton Paul V. |
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Titolo |
Beyond medicine : why European social democracies enjoy better health outcomes than the United States / / Paul V. Dutton |
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Ithaca : , : ILR Press, , 2021 |
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ISBN |
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1-5017-5457-2 |
1-5017-5456-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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The culture and politics of health care work |
Cornell scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Also issued in print: 2021. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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