The Lancet
Mar 21, 2009  Volume 373  Number 9668  Pages 979 – 1052
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

Editorial
Dear Gordon: can we discuss the G20?
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On April 2, world leaders from the G20-a group of 19 industrialised and emerging markets, plus the EU, which represents 85% of the global economic output-will meet in London at a summit hosted by the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The top item on their agenda is the financial crisis. A key, but neglected, dimension of this crisis is the effect of the global economic downturn on the health of the most vulnerable members of our society. What should the health professions expect-and ask for-from our political leaders?