https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/In-the-patient-queue https://booksandideas.net/In-the-patient-queue 2025-11-06T09:11:00Z text/html en Igor Martinache Society medicine health hospital Double Une Cairn.info <p>Though they are presented as egalitarian, public health policies make extensive use of patient selection. As Maud Gelly demonstrates in an illuminating new book, this practice contributes significantly to health-related social inequality.</p> https://booksandideas.net/How-Austerity-is-Worsening-Coronavirus https://booksandideas.net/How-Austerity-is-Worsening-Coronavirus 2020-06-04T07:00:00Z text/html en Matthew Soener Society Economy liberalism market health hospital coronavirus austerity <p>The Covid-19 virus follows years of austerity politics in Europe and this market-driven ideology is already shaping discussions of how we should handle it. This article examines the way these decisions have affected our ability to respond to the current epidemic.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Class-based-Healthcare https://booksandideas.net/Class-based-Healthcare 2017-04-13T07:00:00Z text/html en Nadège Vezinat Society inequalities health social classes hospital social dialogue Florence Gould Foundation <p>Far from lessening inequality between social groups in France, the organisation of the healthcare system and the practices of healthcare professionals actually serve to increase disparity. The sociology of social relations shows that the health system is not used or organised in the same way depending on the social class to which patients belong.</p>