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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul V. DuttonPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: ILR Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781501754562ISBN 10: 1501754564 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 15 April 2021 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: 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 MedicineReviewsPaul Dutton provides an insightful read that every American should take time to review. * Choice * Author InformationPaul 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |