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When the forces of industry conflict with the public health: a free market malignancy.
- Article from:
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Academy of Health Care Management Journal
- Article date:
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January 1, 2007
- Author:
- Weis, William L.; Arnesen, David W.
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ABSTRACT
This paper is the third in a series focusing on the unhealthy propinquity between industry and infirmity. It frames a growing discussion around the dilemma of business interests whose fortunes are tied to a continuation of--rather than the elimination of--common human ailments and disease. Hence we face a malignant paradox: If the public health were to markedly improve, multiple billion-dollar industries would suffer. And that is an unlikely near-term expectation, given the marketing and media clout of the affected industries.
Instead of receiving reliable and objective information to help improve health and fitness, consumers will continue to hear the message ...