Franz Oppenheimer's (1864-1943) Social Economic Approach to Health

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ID2805138
AutoresUrsula Backhaus (autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume69
Fascículo3
Páginas907-935
Data de publicação2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1536-7150.2010.00730.x
OpenAlexW2101644141
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas12

The idea of scholarly synthesis was central to the founders of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology. Franz Oppenheimer (1864-1943) in fact impersonated the idea of scholarly synthesis. Being the son of a Reformist rabbi-these religious roots provided the impulse for his work-he started out as a physician in the industrial suburbs of Berlin; his diagnosis was that he faced social and not medical disease, which consequently brought him to the study of economics. But unlike many mainstream economists today, he insisted on the necessary cooperation between economists and sociologists, ideally in one person. His chair in Frankfurt, showing his own handwriting, was denominated for economic theory and sociology. In this article, I show his contributions with respect to economic aspects of health. These are not well known. Part of the reason is that the field of health economics as it is taught now is very narrow. Therefore, Oppenheimer's health economic contributions tend to be overlooked

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