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abstract: 'The extraordinary economic growth rates of the twentieth century are
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historically exceptional and a continuation into the future seems
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neither possible nor desirable. Consequently, it is in the interest of
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public health to actively shape a socioeconomic transformation towards a
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system that is not based on growth. ``Degrowth'''' provides coherent
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guidelines for such a system. Combining existing scholarship from the
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degrowth and the public health fields, this paper makes seven
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suggestions for a public health agenda towards sustainable health: (1)
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to develop an index of health status in relation to present and future
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health burden; (2) to reduce the resource burden of medical therapy; (3)
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to translate increased productivity to fewer working hours and more free
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time instead of more income and material consumption; (4) to make use of
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non-conventional knowledge and non-commercial forms of work and product
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exchange; (5) to make knowledge freely available, making use of
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innovative research frameworks such as open source drug research; (6) to
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relocalize economic life and health-related organization and to reshape
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citizen participation and (7) to reduce socio-economic inequality
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through redistribution. Generally, this paper argues that it is time for
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discussions on degrowth to enter the mainstream medical and health
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community and for doctors and other health workers to acknowledge that
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they have a significant role to play and important experience to
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contribute when our societies face the upcoming challenge of
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no-longer-growing economies.'
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affiliation: 'Borowy, I (Corresponding Author), Shanghai Univ, Coll Liberal Arts,
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99 Shangda Rd, Shanghai 200444, Peoples R China.
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Borowy, Iris, Shanghai Univ, Coll Liberal Arts, 99 Shangda Rd, Shanghai 200444,
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Peoples R China.
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Aillon, Jean-Louis, Univ Genoa, Cattedra Antropol, Via Balbi 4, I-16126 Genoa, Italy.'
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author: Borowy, Iris and Aillon, Jean-Louis
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author-email: borowyiris@i.shu.edu.cn
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author_list:
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- family: Borowy
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given: Iris
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- family: Aillon
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given: Jean-Louis
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1057/s41285-017-0032-7
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eissn: 1477-822X
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files: []
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issn: 1477-8211
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journal: SOCIAL THEORY \& HEALTH
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keywords: 'public health; degrowth; drug production; social determinants of health;
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equity'
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keywords-plus: 'ECONOMIC-GROWTH; RECESSION; PROSPECTS; MEDICINE; DISEASE; MODEL; TIME;
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TOO'
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language: English
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month: AUG
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '85'
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pages: 346-368
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papis_id: 4df264a02c791bc624104b88a0f58c42
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ref: Borowy2017sustainablehealth
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times-cited: '12'
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title: 'Sustainable health and degrowth: Health, health care and society beyond the
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growth paradigm'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000410596600006
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '15'
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volume: '15'
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web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Biomedical
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year: '2017'
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