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

Published Ithaca : ILR Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) Series The culture and politics of health care work Contents 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 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 Analysis universal health care, social democracy, France infant and child health, Germany social insurance worker health, comparative health systems, The social determinants of health Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed March 25, 2021) Subject 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 Health -- Political aspects Health -- Social aspects Medical care Well-being United States Western Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501754586 1501754580

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