One of us recently developed an instrument in England, arguably one of the most secular of developed societies, to measure spiritual belief regardless of its religious context[ 24].
One of his favorite targets is the combination of blithe entitlement and unfettered narcissism that blossoms in some quarters of developed societies.
With our ageing populations and overhang of debt, there's little prospect of developed societies keeping up with the rapid expansion that is going on in emerging countries.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the «big killers» in populations of developed societies, with a reported death toll of 50,000 yearly in the United States [ 1].
These chronic diseases place a substantial financial burden on the healthcare systems of developed societies (Burisch et al., 2013; Meng et al., 2014; Yang and Zhang, 2014).
Because the growth sector of a developed society in the 21st century is most unlikely to be business — in fact, business has not even been the growth sector of the 20th century in developed societies.
Because the growth sector of a developed society in the 21st century is most unlikely to be business -- in fact, business has not even been the growth sector of the 20th century in developed societies.
Such disproportionate aging populations are anticipated in the future in a number of developing and developed societies [4] [8].
The major causes of CKD in developed societies are hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerotic vascular disease, and certain glomerular diseases (e.g. IgA nephropathy).
This finding negates any assumptions that LBP point prevalence is lower in the developing world than developed societies, as the range of LBP point prevalence among western societies is also reported to range between 12% and 33% [ 8, 37].
And therein lies one of the central dilemmas of political life in developed societies: sharing and solidarity can conflict with diversity.
