Impressive and refreshing review of the subject. Paradigm shift. ( )

Why Are Some People Healthy and Others Not?: The Determinants of Health of Populations (Social Institutions and Social Change) by Theodore Marmor, Morris Barer, and Robert Evans (Editors) ponders some of the core questions about unequal health outcomes. Is it ALL the behavioral inputs of the ill, and why are some seemingly exempted from the powerful consequences of their actions. Further, is population level statistical analysis a dependable foundation for making policy judgments that impact a small number of individuals in ways they might not personally choose (even if those policy choices ARE wiser, safer, well-intentioned, and evidence-based)? ( )