Issue 457 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
November 2012
Medicine
With medical attention increasingly rationed and concerns over the quality of life for a growing elderly population, is the notion of ‘healthcare for all’ impossibly utopian? As our societies become increasingly stratified, healthcare systems further reflect inequality.
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Author and journalist Mark Lynas and researcher and writer Claire Robinson go head-to-head.
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