Are social causes so different from all other causes? A comment on Sander Greenland

Sander Greenland's elegant paper raises deep questions about the way in which we choose and evaluate public health actions. We agree with the main thrust of his argument with respect to public health policy. We have some concerns, however, about his treatment of social causes, and on this point...

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Main Authors: Susser, Ezra S., Schwartz, Sharon B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2005
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D8MW2FMS
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Summary:Sander Greenland's elegant paper raises deep questions about the way in which we choose and evaluate public health actions. We agree with the main thrust of his argument with respect to public health policy. We have some concerns, however, about his treatment of social causes, and on this point we focus our critique.