Worldwide Happiness: Causes and Correlates
The World Happiness Report 2018 has been published today (but no e-copy is available yet), so I will wait for the e-copy to became available. Meanwhile, as I was anticipating the report and was in an analytical mood, I reread the World Happiness Report 2017 and want to share some of my thoughts and observation based around that while we get ready for the new report to take the conversation forward.
GDP (PPP) Per Capita based on 2008 estimates http://www.imf.org/ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The World Happiness reports are based around measuring life satisfaction using a Cantril ladder and this is used as a pro...
Source: The Mouse Trap - March 14, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: happiness world happiness report Source Type: podcasts
Worldwide Happiness: Causes and Correlates
The World Happiness Report 2018 has been published today (but no e-copy is available yet), so I will wait for the e-copy to became available. Meanwhile, as I was anticipating the report and was in an analytical mood, I reread the World Happiness Report 2017 and want to share some of my thoughts and observation based around that while we get ready for the new report to take the conversation forward.
GDP (PPP) Per Capita based on 2008 estimates http://www.imf.org/ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The World Happiness reports are based around measuring life satisfaction using a Cantril ladder and this is used as a pro...
Source: The Mouse Trap - March 14, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: happiness world happiness report Source Type: podcasts
Population ageing, the timebomb that isn't
The population timebomb: The idea that an ageing population is making it harder and harder to fund pensions, social care, and healthcare, as the number of older people grows in proportion to the working population. Jeroen Spijker, senior research fellow at the School of Social and Political Science in the University of Edinburgh, explains why he... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 15, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Population ageing, the timebomb that isn ’t
The population timebomb: The idea that an ageing population is making it harder and harder to fund pensions, social care, and healthcare, as the number of older people grows in proportion to the working population. Jeroen Spijker, senior research fellow at the School of Social and Political Science in the University of Edinburgh, explains why he thinks the risk has been overblown.
Also, Michael Kidd, current president of WONCA – the world organisation of family doctors - talks about the pressures on primary care, and how he would like to attract the best medical talent to the specialty.
http://www.bmj.com/content/347...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 15, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
