This Lancet editorial is short, but it gets the point. Access to the highest standards of health care is an inalienable human right. Inalienable--meaning no person can take it away. But we do: every day, every hour, every second, people die of easily preventable and treatable illnesses. It all comes down to a differential valuation of human life. We have the solutions, and we have the wherewithal to solve these problems. Maybe 50 years ago, we wouldn't have been as guilty. But in this technological age, where individual and collective wealth abounds, we are directly to blame for the inequalities of access and outcome in health care. Until our society, not just the medical community, adopts some attitude of penitence, we will continue to allow mass unnecessary death. Everyone can do something. The key word there is "do."
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607602050/fulltext
Hey hey, first of all, why are you saying something you wanted to do "isn't possible"? You can tell me you've changed the direction you want to take, but don't tell me something's not possible. However, the world does need ethical, just businessmen. Do what you'll love doing--it's the only way to sustain passion.
ReplyDeleteThe movement for ensuring health care as a universal human right has begun. Incredible people from all levels of society are working on its delivery to the poorest of the poor. Let's keep working on the beginning, before we worry about the end.