Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vi
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Preface x
6. Introduction: health and civilisation 1
7. Crisis: a timeline 11
8. Growth
9. Growth, wealth and health 29
10. Health, development, capital and trade 41
11. ‘They go on because they have begun’ 55
12. Freedom
13. The nature of freedom 69
14. The vaccine society 77
15. The freedom to fail 87
16. The dead hand of care 94
17. Justice
18. The poverty of justice 107
19. Just health, just care 122
20. A kingdom of ends 134
21. Security
22. War and peace 151
23. The risk society 169
24. Democracy
25. All for one 189
26. Truth
27. Who counts? 209
28. Conclusion: crisis redux 225
29. Postscript: crisis in the UK 232
30. References 237
31. Index 346