Inequality Kills Us All

COVID-19's Health Lessons for the World
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-27839-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 343 g

The complex answer to why the United States does so poorly in health measures has at its base one pervasive issue: The United States has by far the highest levels of inequality of all the rich countries. Inequality Kills Us All details how living in a society with entrenched hierarchies increases the negative effects of illnesses for everyone.

The antidote must start, Stephen Bezruchka recognizes, with a broader awareness of the nature of the problem, and out of that understanding policies that eliminate these inequalities: A fair system of taxation, so that the rich are paying their share; support for child well-being, including paid parental leave, continued monthly child support payments, and equitable educational opportunities; universal access to healthcare; and a guaranteed income for all Americans. The aim is to have a society that treats everyone well—and health will follow.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bezruchka, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Richard Wilkinson

Introduction

1. How healthy are we in the United States

2. Healthcare in America

3. Inequality Kills

4. Poverty Perspectives

5. Early Life Lasts a Lifetime

6. Health Inequities

7. Stress is the Killer

8. Our Health Depends on Political Choices

9. Prescription Needed

10. What Can We Do?

Afterword

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Bezruchka is Associate Teaching Professor in the Departments of Health Systems & Population Health and of Global Health at the School of Public Health, University of Washington, in Seattle. He worked as an emergency physician for decades and now teaches concepts presented in this book at the University of Washington.