Gabor Maté’s books are commercially successful because they tap into popular awareness of social problems while avoiding the uncomfortable conclusion that social revolution is required to solve them.
Continue reading...Saturday, October 31, 2009
America has the worst health statistics in the industrialized world because it is the most unequal society in the industrialized world. Social inequality affects the health of populations even more than access to medical care.
Continue reading...Friday, August 29, 2008
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by Jane Edgett -- Alberta used me to wipe out its deficit and justify privatizing its medical system.
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 1, 1999
While the authors of this book shatter "common sense" myths about health, they promote another myth – that health policy is shaped by science, when it is actually shaped by the needs of the capitalist system.
Continue reading...Friday, January 1, 1999
The myth of scarcity is used to limit majority access to medical and social services. In reality, society has more than enough resources to meet human needs.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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