by sustainablesociety | Jun 6, 2020 | Health, Politics
What has the now global, dominant economic variants of capitalism to do with health outcomes? It has to do with the system of private property, alienation and the continuing struggle for existence, which capitalism seemed to have solved in the rich level 4 countries....
by sustainablesociety | Apr 13, 2019 | Health, Social Science
Health, Sickness, Society and the Mind The Importance of sociology and psychology in health care. This 3rd edition of Psychology and Sociology in Nursing aims to address a few key issues: Want is the importance of sociology and psychology in health care? What can...
by sustainablesociety | Jan 9, 2019 | Health, Philosophy, Social Science, Sociology
Sociology, Health and the Fractured Society Sociology, Health and the Fractured Society: A critical realist account. Graham Scambler, (2018) Routledge. London. I have been following Graham’s work for quite some time now. I have used some of his ideas in my own...
by sustainablesociety | Nov 29, 2018 | Health, Politics
The Sustainability of the NHS The neoliberal ideology of health care provision. ‘The problem with the NHS is not one of resources. Rather it is the system remains centrally run, state monopoly designed over half a century ago” (Direct Democracy p74). Amid the junior...
by sustainablesociety | Oct 27, 2018 | Health, Social Science
Insecure ‘Overachievers’ (Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash) This is Capitalism podcast. 4th October 2018. BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06my356 “Highlighting the epidemic of exceptionally capable professionals driven by a profound belief in their own inadequacy....
by sustainablesociety | May 24, 2018 | Climate Change, Health, Politics
Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash Sustainability – what can we in health services do? This appears to be a common question, perhaps indicating that the debate has moved on from questioning the scientific basis for both climate change and the data around...
