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Book SynopsisIn 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 democraciesFrance, Germany, and Swedenin order to explain how, in differing ways, each protects the health of infants and children, working-age adults, and the elde
Trade Review
Paul Dutton provides an insightful read that every American should take time to review.
* Choice *
[A] rich and satisfying read. Paul Dutton conveys his personal connection to four health systems, with well-referenced and convincing descriptions and analyses of three areas of health systems.
* Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law *
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 Medicine
