Removing the Barriers to Global Health Equity

'Theodore MacDonald] presents us with convincing and robust arguments, enabling readers, be they public health workers and medics, politicians and policy makers, bankers and corporate donors, NGOs and journalists, with ample substance and fodder for debate.' Dr Ann Wylie in her Foreword'Theodore MacDonald is not content with simply painting the blackness of dehumanisation caused by neoliberalism. He also draws our attention to the resistance of ordinary people against the privatization of water and other resources. He has a slew of recommendations, of which two are critical. One is to turn the United Nations into a real forum for bringing about a democratic order of global governance. The other is to re-empower states and communities to deliver universal health care and education on the foundations of proper nutrition and freedom of action, so readily promised by the proponents of democracy. I hope that all readers of this impassioned and scalpel-like book will feel energized to fight for the cause of rights of all human beings in all areas of human endeavour.' Amiya Kumar Bagchi in his Foreword "This is not an easy read. The issues addressed are hugely complex and demand emotional engagement with the topics. However, the text is well written, not patronizing, and is a treasury of facts and interests, and as such it acts like a page turner. Teachers of nursing will find vast stocks of discussion material for subjects in many areas of understanding the meaning of health and society." NURSING ETHICS "This book is well reasoned and documented, and provides a valuable resource for future debate...Recommended." CHOICE