History suggests that the societal adaptations required to improve health are feasible every person and institution on Earth has a role to play.People are more than patients they deserve to be empowered with greater health literacy.Achieving great health is as much about what we pursue as what we avoid.Most drivers of health sit outside conventional healthcare systems and are modifiable.Health exists on a spectrum: we can’t achieve optimal health if we don’t define, measure, or strive for it.Health is mostly about our ability to function, not just about disease and death.Mental, social, and spiritual health are as important as physical health and are deeply interconnected.The suffering we endure to achieve longevity is unacceptable and unnecessary.Once we escape from this matrix, we will realize the following: Life inside the healthcare matrix has its benefits but is incomplete and self-limiting. we have all been living in a “matrix” for decades with respect to our health. The authors are fans of the movie and dissociate themselves from its appropriation by political extremists and conspiracy theorists. The world outside the matrix holds the promise of a more authentic, better life, but it is fundamentally risky, as it requires exploring uncharted territory. The world inside the matrix is not unpleasant: it’s relatively safe, internally consistent, but obstructs the insights into and path toward a potentially better authentic life. To borrow the metaphor from the 1999 eponymous movie classic, 2 The Matrix is a US–Australian science fiction movie from 1999 that deals with alternative worlds individuals need to choose between. Their work has had a profoundly positive impact on global health over the past 50 years and deserves our admiration.Īt the same time, scrutinizing our mindsets and behaviors against the best-available evidence reveals that the priorities, strategies, and budgets for individuals and of governments, schools, businesses, social institutions, healthcare providers, and employers are, at least implicitly, based on a myriad of half-truths and outdated ideas. 1 Through their own work in the health sector over many years, the authors consider themselves affiliated to this community. Each day, millions of well-intended healthcare professionals, scientists, and public health officials work diligently to improve our health.
0 kommentar(er)
