title: Caring relationships: an investment in health?
abstract: Although the US has created the most expensive, technologically advanced medical system in the world, health outcomes are not commensurate with investment. The author argues that providers and policy makers have neglected the effect of human relationships on health, citing research showing that better relationships lead to better health. The author concludes with recommendations for improving public health by supporting society's investments in social capital.
authors.affiliation: WellChild Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts 02110, USA. pagorski@wellchildfoundation.org
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gorski
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018672:Community Health Planning; D004645:Empathy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007449:Investments; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011822:Race Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology