AMICOR Medicina: Kenan Malik's review of 'The Greatest Benefit to Mankind' by Roy Porter

AMICOR Medicina

This Blog, is one of a set of AMICOR instruments of communication, where I use to refer relevant material I select for myself, making it also available for my colleagues and friends. The main blog address is http://amicor.blogspot.com This one is specific for medical education. To see more information on compliance with the Health On The Net Foundation's initiative (HONCode) visit http://achutti.blogspot.com

About Me

Name: Aloyzio Achutti

Location: Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Coordinator of the list AMICOR. Friends and colleagues, mostly from Brazil. The AMICOR list is where I use to post relevant scientific material I find surfing in the INTERNET. Also references sent by other member of the list.

Friday, March 18, 2005

Kenan Malik's review of 'The Greatest Benefit to Mankind' by Roy Porter

Kenan Malik's review of 'The Greatest Benefit to Mankind' by Roy Porter
The facts tell us that we live in an ever-healthier society. The average Briton today lives twice as long as when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne. Infant deaths have fallen by 80 per cent in the last half-century. Deaths from infectious diseases have fallen by a quarter in Britain over the past twenty five years. Over the same period stroke deaths have fallen by nearly a half and coronary heart disease by about a fifth.