The first edition of The Struggle for Health was published in 1985 and was widely acclaimed
by those seeking a broader and deeper political understanding of ill health, beyond the …

The emergence of a global economy has led to the erosion of local autonomy and national
sovereignty with an associated emphasis on the spread of liberal, free-market economics. A …

This new edition of Staying Alive provides readers with a fresh perspective on health, health
care, and illness in Canada and abroad. Grounded in a human rights approach to health …

The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health report (Sachs report) of 2001 has been
heralded as inspiring and groundbreaking and is being adopted as the blueprint for global …

Why, despite vast resources being expended on health and health care, is there still so
much ill health and premature death? Why do massive inequalities in health, both within and …

The final quarter of the twentieth century was, to borrow historian Eric Hobsbawm's phrase,
an “age of extremes” for global health. 1 The notion that all people deserve access to health …

You see someone smoking a cigarette and say,“Smoking is bad for your health,” when what
you mean is,“You are a bad person because you smoke.” You encounter someone whose …

Striking disparities in access to healthcare and in health outcomes are major characteristics
of health across the globe. This inequitable state of global health and how it could be …

This book is written in the progressive public health tradition: it criticizes the basic concepts
and practices underlying conventional approaches to disease, draws on international …

When People Come First critically assesses the expanding field of global health. It brings
together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to address the medical …