I guess it's good that it was surprising enough to the author and to the editor of the ajph that they published it. 
But really. She must be feigning her shock. 

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On Oct 26, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Enrique Cardiel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> It is amazing the resistance to this knowledge. I've listened to many people much "better educated" than I argue that we need to focus on "universal health care" instead of social determinants. 
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> While increased access to medical services IS important as far as I can tell a just society would produce much more health. 
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> I agree.  This part of the story utterly confused me.  I mean no disrespect to the investigator whatsoever, but how could these findings be surprising?
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> Whitehall I findings were published in 1978.  How could informed scholars today predict that access to health care services would significantly buffer the income-health relationship?
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> From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dennis Raphael
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> The results surprised author Melissa Martinson<http://csde.washington.edu/people/interests.php?id=175>, an assistant professor at the UW’s School of Social Work, who expected income to have less of an effect on the health of English residents due to their access to publicly funded health care.
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> WOW THIS IS SHOCKING!  [THAT THIS PERSON IS SURPRISED BY THESE FINDINGS.]
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> Its not as if the Black report and the 25 following UK reports had been kept hidden!  :-)
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