Health in a Post-COVID World

Download or read book Health in a Post-COVID World written by Sebastian Taylor and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What part do the values of growth and prosperity, freedom and justice, security and democracy play in social policy and human welfare? How can we judge the validity of these – the founding principles of Western liberalism – and the policies they shape, as the recipe for progress? At a time of global ‘permacrisis’, Sebastian Taylor applies his extensive frontline experience working with health systems and healthcare in the Global North and South to assess the concrete impact of contemporary liberal values on our welfare, development and environmental survival. Drawing on research from around the world, he uses health as an objective metric to assess how effective these policies are for individuals and society as a whole.