Gestor bibliográfico Crisis y Salud

Roberto De Vogli is correct to say that the financial crisis has both proximal and distal causes. But in arguing that social epidemiologists must address the latter, he overlooks how we have been doing precisely that over the past 4 years. Indeed, we have consistently argued for a fundamental reassessment of the economic model that has created and perpetuated the current crisis, a view that at last seems to be gaining widespread acceptance. However, we should also note that our initial submission included much more on the distal causes he discusses but this was scaled back in response to reviewers' comments, although we believe that our views are still clear in the published paper.