We need to talk about ‘bad’ resilience

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21878552
AutoresDell D Saulnier (0000-0001-7761-0737, Lund University, autor correspondente), Stephanie M Topp (0000-0002-3448-7983, The University of Melbourne)
Ano2024
Volume9
Fascículo2
Páginase014041
Data de publicação2024-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
EditoraBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014041
PMID38320804
OpenAlexW4391563071
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências 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