Open AccessRevisiting the Corporate and Commercial Determinants of Health
Author(s) -
Martin McKee,
David Stuckler
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2018.304510
Subject(s) - power (physics) , public health , politics , trace (psycholinguistics) , narrative , social determinants of health , public relations , economic power , business , political science , medicine , law , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
We trace the development of the concept of the corporate determinants of health. We argue that these determinants are predicated on the unchecked power of corporations and that the means by which corporations exert power is increasingly unseen. We identify four of the ways corporations influence health: defining the dominant narrative; setting the rules by which society, especially trade, operates; commodifying knowledge; and undermining political, social, and economic rights. We identify how public health professionals can respond to these manifestations of power.