Su suggerimento di @Guglielma Bon.

Sul BMJ una riflessione sulla povertà come fattore di rischio per molte malattie, che si conclude con un’affermazione lapidaria e interessante:

For some time, cardiovascular risk calculators such as ASSIGN have promoted postcode as a risk factor, which has meant literally that we are treating poverty with statins. Medicine cannot compensate for poor political choices. Here’s a suggestion: why not treat health inequalities with the careful use of money?

 

 

 

Immagine di Vibrant Walthamstow via Flickr, Public Domain Mark 1.0