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Umea University

Jan Mewes, Umeå University

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'In societies that lack social security in the form of universal health insurance, worsening health or even fear of worsening health can undermine people's optimism and their belief in the future,' says Jan Mewes, associate professor at Umeå University in Sweden.

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