Book review

[摘要] We live in frightening times. A world economy based on cheap oil is beginning to feel the pinch of diminishing supplies. Unprecedented affluence in the richer nations looks ever more obscene against the backdrop of widespread poverty, disease and environmental degradation in the less developed world. In the UK, one of the richest nations of all, the gap between rich and poor shows no signs of narrowing, and a government hell-bent on encouraging competition and economic growth shows little interest in communal values. Our expectations of an ever rising standard of living may very soon turn out to be unsustainable. And when the chips are down, and cuts have to be made, where will they fall the heaviest? Not on the well-heeled, but on the poor, the disadvantaged, the marginalised and the vulnerable.

[学科分类] 卫生学