Addressing Health Care Disparities: A Radical Perspective and Proposal
This paper begins by rethinking the sociological theory that social conditions are fundamental causes of health disparities and that controlling disease ironically increases or creates them. While usually true, the radical proposal of non-profit health care and pharmaceutical development could ameli...
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| description | This paper begins by rethinking the sociological theory that social conditions are fundamental causes of health disparities and that controlling disease ironically increases or creates them. While usually true, the radical proposal of non-profit health care and pharmaceutical development could ameliorate health disparities if a nation like Canada or a region like the EU looked to radically different but successful models such as the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative. It uses what could be called entrepreneurial collaboration for public health markets and inverts intellectual property to public health IP to maximize health gain instead of profits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b6bbbcd5bdf4725b63897c3970587812022-12-22T02:39:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sociology2297-77752020-04-01510.3389/fsoc.2020.00029531869Addressing Health Care Disparities: A Radical Perspective and ProposalDonald W. Light0Donald W. Light1Donald W. Light2Professor of Sociology, Psychiatry and Comparative Health Policy Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, United StatesPrinceton University, Princeton, NJ, United StatesNew York University, New York City, NY, United StatesThis paper begins by rethinking the sociological theory that social conditions are fundamental causes of health disparities and that controlling disease ironically increases or creates them. While usually true, the radical proposal of non-profit health care and pharmaceutical development could ameliorate health disparities if a nation like Canada or a region like the EU looked to radically different but successful models such as the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative. It uses what could be called entrepreneurial collaboration for public health markets and inverts intellectual property to public health IP to maximize health gain instead of profits.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsoc.2020.00029/fullhealth disparitiesinequalityprescription drugsaccessintellectual propertynon-profit |
| spellingShingle | Donald W. Light Donald W. Light Donald W. Light Addressing Health Care Disparities: A Radical Perspective and Proposal Frontiers in Sociology health disparities inequality prescription drugs access intellectual property non-profit |
| title | Addressing Health Care Disparities: A Radical Perspective and Proposal |
| title_full | Addressing Health Care Disparities: A Radical Perspective and Proposal |
| title_fullStr | Addressing Health Care Disparities: A Radical Perspective and Proposal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addressing Health Care Disparities: A Radical Perspective and Proposal |
| title_short | Addressing Health Care Disparities: A Radical Perspective and Proposal |
| title_sort | addressing health care disparities a radical perspective and proposal |
| topic | health disparities inequality prescription drugs access intellectual property non-profit |
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