At least 80% responsibility for ill health in old age down to individual, study says
www.theguardian.com
Individuals bear at least 80% of the responsibility for their ill health in old age, according to a report aimed at challenging the belief that physical decline is either inevitable or primarily the responsibility of the state.
The report, launched at the Smart Ageing Summit in Oxford last week, argues that individuals have far greater control over their longevity than is commonly understood. The authors call on the government to take legislative action on alcohol comparable to restrictions on smoking.
Not actually a report. Or a study. But this is notable because it's fundamentally very biopsychosocial, falls right in line with what The Future Of Medicine(TM) is baselessly asserting, all of which lends credibility to quackery like this, including the fact that it makes a few generic assertions that happen to be true but ultimately change very little. The line between scientific and alternative medicine ceases to exist once medicine officially embraces quackery. And it has, it's done.
I noticed some people expressing surprise on social media at the Guardian publishing this nonsense. I guess they're not familiar with how much the G loves to punch down on sick people.
At least 80% responsibility for ill health in old age down to individual, study says
UK report argues people have greater control over longevity than widely understood, but others say claim is simplistic
www.theguardian.com
Individuals bear at least 80% of the responsibility for their ill health in old age, according to a report aimed at challenging the belief that physical decline is either inevitable or primarily the responsibility of the state.
The report, launched at the Smart Ageing Summit in Oxford last week, argues that individuals have far greater control over their longevity than is commonly understood. The authors call on the government to take legislative action on alcohol comparable to restrictions on smoking.
Not actually a report. Or a study. But this is notable because it's fundamentally very biopsychosocial, falls right in line with what The Future Of Medicine(TM) is baselessly asserting, all of which lends credibility to quackery like this, including the fact that it makes a few generic assertions that happen to be true but ultimately change very little. The line between scientific and alternative medicine ceases to exist once medicine officially embraces quackery. And it has, it's done.
"It's all your own fault" might as well be the biopsychosocial slogan. All part of the growing trend to personalize every public good, including health. Also I'm fairly sure that genetics is not an external reason, but that makes sense from a position that sees "the body", including the brain, as being some external actor to The Mind(TM).
I noticed some people expressing surprise on social media at the Guardian publishing this nonsense. I guess they're not familiar with how much the G loves to punch down on sick people.
