We need to talk about ‘bad’ resilience

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ID21878552
AutoresDell D Saulnier (0000-0001-7761-0737, Lund University, autor de correspondencia), Stephanie M Topp (0000-0002-3448-7983, The University of Melbourne)
Año2024
Volumen9
Número2
Páginase014041
Fecha de publicación2024-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
EditorialBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014041
PMID38320804
OpenAlexW4391563071
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas27

In this analysis, we argue against seeing health system resilience as an inherently positive concept. The rise in the popularity of health system resilience has led to its increasingly normative framing. We question this widely accepted perspective by examining the underlying assumptions associated with this normative framing of ‘good’ resilience. Our focus is on the risks of accepting the assumption, which can lead us to ignore the social nature of health systems and overlook the consequences of change if resilience is seen as a positive, achievable objective. Finally, we suggest that seeing resilience as a normative concept can be detrimental to health system policy and research, and encourage a critical rethinking of these assumptions so that we can maintain resilience’s usefulness for health systems

Economics · Normative · Political science · Popularity · Positive economics · Psychological resilience · Public economics · Sociology · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · Disaster Response and Management · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology