An interview with Sir Michael Marmot
Social Medicine, Volume 4, Number 2, June 2009, 109-112
‘…the experience of the 1980s and 1990s, in hollowing out the public
sector, of rapidly growing economic inequalities, of lack of attention
to the social determinants of health was a grisly experiment that has
been shown not to work or at best to work most unevenly.’
‘The Commission pointed to inequities in power, money and resources as
being key drivers of health inequities. The fact that holders of such
power may relinquish it with reluctance must not deter us from pursuing
what is just. The
Commission based its conclusions on the best evidence available. Vicente
Navarro, among others, applauds the Commission’s analysis and
conclusions but says that what is needed now is political analysis and
action. That does seem like an important next step. Change will only
come about by collective action.’
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