The Fifth Wave: SURFACING 2003. Compiled by Andrew Lyon. Scottish Council Foundation 2003.
“This report outlines three major shifts in thinking and themes of history since the 18th century Enlightenment and associates four major trends in public health interventions with these, before suggesting that we stand at the point in history where an era shift, of the type which comes along every few hundred years, is occurring. How can we discern the next wave of public health improvement in this theme of history? If we are standing truly on the brink of a new era, what public health action is needed? In examining this shift from organisational/ bureaucratic to individual/creative paradigms, the report looks at some ideas developed in Glasgow .. with sincere to David Reilly for sharing his learning, experience and insights into human healing which formed the basis for the creative thought underlying this document. ”