Although we are prepared to spend dizzying sums on health care no one seems quite sure what health is. The World Health Organization made a bold offer in 1948. Their definition of health is ânot merely the absence of disease or infirmity but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-beingâ. But this utopian vision is an unattainable ideal, bearing no relation to the struggles of real people in an imperfect world.
causing the Great Depression. The effects of the Great Depression were huge across the world. Not only did it lead to the New Deal in America but. more significantly, it was a direct cause of the rise of extremism in Germany leading to World War II.
Many of the New Deal agencies, like the CCC and WPA, did put people to work and did construct some important works during that period. Perhaps the biggest effect on society was the increase in the size and power of the national government.People began to expect the government to act when something happened.here were some immediate effects of the New Deal and some long-lasting effects. While the New Deal did not end the Depression, it did give the population confidence that the government was doing something.