Watt G C
University of Glasgow, Woodside Health Centre.
BMJ. 1996 Apr 20;312(7037):1026-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7037.1026.
Inequalities in health in the United Kingdom are widening as a result of economic policy. By focusing on specific diseases, health policy fails to address why less prosperous groups die earlier from most major categories of death. By concentrating on actions which can be taken by individuals and local communities health policy ignores actions which require the support and involvement of society as a whole. Clinicians see the consequences of health and economic policy in their everyday practice and could contribute more effectively to public debate.
由于经济政策，英国的健康不平等现象正在加剧。通过关注特定疾病，卫生政策未能解决为何较贫困群体在大多数主要死因中更早死亡的问题。通过专注于个人和当地社区可以采取的行动，卫生政策忽视了那些需要整个社会支持和参与的行动。临床医生在日常实践中目睹了健康和经济政策的后果，并且能够更有效地为公众辩论做出贡献。
