{"product_id":"investing-in-health-and-wellbeing-christopher-dye-9780198887133","title":"Investing in Health and Wellbeing: When Prevention Is Better Than Cure","description":"The proverbial benefits of prevention over cure are self-evidentDland yet we are reluctant to invest in protecting and improving our health. Resolution of this age-old dilemma begins with a timeless truth: the benefits of good health come at a cost; prevention is not better than cure at any price. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Protecting health should be appealing when a high-risk, high-value hazard can be averted rapidly, with certainty, and at relatively low cost. Similar reasoning applies when the goal is to make health gains, not merely to avoid health losses. Health choices are rational, based on values that are personal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eInvesting in Health and Wellbeing: When Prevention Is Better than Cure, Second Edition\u003c\/em\u003e provides a framework to promote and protect health as an asset, illustrating the principles with practical examples. Application of these ideas helps to explain why prevention is a low priority for health services, why the world was not ready for the COVID-19 pandemic, why deadly infections like tuberculosis are neglected, why cigarette smoking is still commonplace, why billions still do not have access to safe sanitation, and why the response to climate change has been so slow. Much more money and effort are invested in health promotion and disease prevention today than is commonly thought, but the enormous avoidable burden of illness is reason to look for ways of investing still more. Previously published as \u003cem\u003eThe Great Health Dilemma\u003c\/em\u003e (ISBN: 9780198853824) in 2021, this second, updated edition makes prevention part of a broader vision for better health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Dye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198887132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198887133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.55w x 0.61d","brand":"Christopher Dye","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087452127487,"sku":"9780198887133","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_099645e0-f446-4f85-86a1-b74027414cd3.jpg?v=1753849931","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/investing-in-health-and-wellbeing-christopher-dye-9780198887133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}