Monthly Review | Disability and Welfare under Monopoly Capitalism
Disability rights activist outside Scottish Parliament, 30 March 2013. By Brian McNeil - Own work, CC BY 3.0, Link. David Matthews is a lecturer in sociology and social policy at Coleg Llandrillo, Wales, and the leader of its degree program in health and social care. Beyond the COVID pandemic, the relative global burden of communicable disease has declined. Non-communicable conditions such as strokes, cardiovascular disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have increased as causes of global mortality. They have also contributed to the growing prevalence of disability. In 2017, an es...