title: Neoliberal-oriented health care system answer to global competition or a threat to health equality for people with chronic illness.
abstract: The aim of this article is to explore how a neoliberal-oriented health care system affects the experience of people living with chronic illness. We report findings from a critical hermeneutic phenomenological research study that explored how the social, economic, and political structures impinge on the lives of people with chronic illness. Research findings of this study show how the people with chronic illness in Colombia live through the effects and pressures of globalization and corporate agendas. Results also showed how the marked social inequities caused by the unequal distribution of power, services, and goods leads to health inequities and social exclusion of research participants.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. mcamargo@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Camargo Plazas
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Maria del Pilar
authors.forename: Brenda L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: David Geoffrey
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D003105:Colombia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011057:Politics; D011287:Prejudice; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors