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Social Murder?: Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK [Minkštas viršelis]

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(University of Glasgow), (University of Glasgow)
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 238 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, 2 Tables, black and white; 28 Illustrations, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 28-Nov-2024
  • Leidėjas: Policy Press
  • ISBN-10: 1447373081
  • ISBN-13: 9781447373087
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 238 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, 2 Tables, black and white; 28 Illustrations, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 28-Nov-2024
  • Leidėjas: Policy Press
  • ISBN-10: 1447373081
  • ISBN-13: 9781447373087
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Raktažodžiai:
Life expectancy is about more than just health its about the kind of society we live in. And in the early 2010s, after decades of continual improvement, life expectancy in the UK, US and many other rich countries stopped increasing. For millions of people, it actually declined. Despite hundreds of thousands of extra deaths, governments and officials remained silent.



Combining robust evidence with real-life stories, this book demonstrates how austerity policies caused this scandal. It argues that this shocking and tragic suffering was predictable, caused by a dereliction of duty from those in power.



The book concludes with an optimistic vision of what can be done to restore life expectancy improvements and reduce health inequalities.

Recenzijos

Walsh and McCartney make the case with data, compassion and moral clarity for humane public policies that support the health and dignity of all, leaving no one behind. Sandro Galea, Boston University A compelling case that policies pursued in the wake of the global financial crisis damaged peoples lives, slowed national health improvements and increased health inequalities. Their evidence for the causes of the health crisis leads to what is needed to put it right. Sir Michael Marmot, UCL Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Michael

1. Introduction

Rachel

2. What happened in the UK?

Frances

3. Why have mortality rates and life expectancy changed in the UK?

Paul

4. What happened to life expectancy in other countries, and why?

Moira

5. How did governments and agencies respond to the life expectancy crisis?

Ellen

6. What else is relevant for understanding the changed life expectancy trends?

David

7. What do we need to do?

Appendix: Summary of the causal evidence that austerity has led to the mortality trend changes

David Walsh is Senior Lecturer in Health Inequalities at the University of Glasgow and previously Programme Manager at the Glasgow Centre for Population Health.









Gerry McCartney is Professor of Wellbeing Economy at the University of Glasgow and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at Public Health Scotland.