International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

“Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, but Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Author
Solomon R. Benatar 1, 2
1 University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
2 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
10.15171/ijhpm.2017.30
Keywords
Politics
Power
Poverty
Framing
Subjects

I am appreciative of the responses from thoughtful colleagues to my recent article,1 and their support for the central role of the global political economy and my criticisms of the current approach to poverty... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 6, Issue 7
2017
Pages 423-425

  • Received Date 18 February 2017
  • Revised Date 01 March 2017
  • Accepted Date 25 February 2017
  • First Published Date 01 July 2017
  • Published Date 01 July 2017