Facing Up to Chronic Disease
As infectious illnesses have been brought under control and people live longer, the incidence of chronic diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes has risen. That is why health-care systems must focus on providing appropriate and less expensive care.
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MONTREAL – Many of us are terrified by the prospect of having a debilitating stroke or a fatal heart attack. Few of us, however, respond as emotionally to the threat of chronic disease, a vague and elastic term that is mainly useful for organizing health services. And yet chronic disease has become a major social problem that requires a collective response.