The Social Sources of Sickness: What I Learned from 50 Years in Medicine.
Channel: Susan Rosenthal
Date: 2021-03-07

There are no ‘social determinants of health' under capitalism. Nothing about this society generates health for people or their environments. On the contrary, the social sources of sickness are woven into the fabric of society. Inequality, racism, sexism – these social sources of sickness helped to build the wealth of nations, and they continue to build and maintain that wealth, despite the tremendous suffering that results.

This webinar (February 25, 2021) was sponsored by the Decolonizing Health, Black Medical Students Association, and Public Health & Preventative Interest Group at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, which is Treaty 6 territory and the ancestral home of many Indigenous peoples.