Does more medicine make us sicker? Ivan Illich revisited
February 22, 2019
Dear friends,
I’m excited to share my article – published in the Gaceta Sanitaria Public Health Journal with you, which I think you may find relevant to your community building efforts. The article is titled: ’Does More Medicine Make Us Sicker? Revisiting Ivan Illich’.
In the piece in keeping with Illich and John McKnight I argue past a certain scale it does: http://www.gacetasanitaria.org//en-does-more-medicine-make-us-avance-S0213911119300032
I really hope you find it useful; I’d very much welcome any comments you may have.
Warm wishes,
Cormac
Bill Dare
Thanks so much for your analysis, helpful to remind, rethink what we are up do. Your article really does help to step back and reflect/plan approaches to both thinking systems, but also more critically I think – everyday practice, interventions.
So I shared it, now just need to take more time and work to reflect and plan. https://socialhealthpracticeottawa.wordpress.com/2021/03/29/a-refocus-on-institutions-roles-in-community-health-and-justice-we-have-a-choice-to-make/