Re: Parallels to and Research in Adlerian Psychology - Equality and Health
In the spirit of Adler's first publication in 1898, "Health Manual for the Tailoring Trade," wherein Alfred Adler, the physician, described the working, living, and health conditions of tailors in Vienna, 108 years later, another physician, Stephen Bezruchka, a professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington, published an article titled "Economic Equality is the Best Medicine" in the June 25th, 2006 issue of the Seattle Post-Intelligence. Bezruchka argues that countries with the largest economic disparities have the least healthy populations ("there is less caring and sharing"), and that our concerns about "health care" instead of "health" miss the crucial point of prevention. He claims that: "The United States used to be one of the healthiest countries in the world when egalitarian principles were near the horizon." Like Adler, Bezruchka believes that social equality and economic justice are essential for a physically and mentally healthy society.
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