Human Wellbeing and Flourishing: If Not Now, When?

Human Wellbeing and Flourishing: If Not Now, When?

Editorial T here is a lot that gets in the way of human flourishing. In the world today, we face seemingly unsolvable issues including health disparities , poverty, climate change, food security, clean water, and violence, to name of few. These profound challenges are not unrelated. Lack of education contributes to unemployment, which in turn contributes to poverty. In communities where there i...

Annuitization : If Not Now , When ?

In previous writing – and related papers by Chen and Milevsky (JFP, 2003) or Ameriks, Veres and Warshawsky (JFP, 2001) – the point has been made that payout annuities, either variable or fixed, have a rightful place in the optimal life-cycle portfolio. I have argued that depending on a lifecycle investor’s bequest motive versus their desire for consumption, they should have a substantial portio...

Health and human rights: if not now, when? 1997.

his is clearly a very exciting and exhilarating time to be working in health and human rights-but it is necessarily also a difficult time. For we are creating, participating in, and witnessing an extraordinary moment in social history-the emergence of a health and human rights movement-at the intersection and at the time of two enormous paradigm shifts. Stimulated in the first instance by press...

"If not us, who? If not now, when?".

Interprofessional collaboration: if not now, when?

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is a driving force behind state-of-the art health care delivery. Health care experts, governmental bodies, health professions organizations and academicians support the need for collaborative models. Dental hygienists possess unique qualities that can enhance a collaborative team. As preventive therapists, health educators and holistic providers, they are p...