Understanding health inequalities
Author(s)/Editor(s): Graham H
Publisher/Organizer: McGraw Hill
Publication date: 2009
Number of pages: 248
Language: English
Overview
Understanding Health Inequalities second edition provides an accessible and engaging exploration of why the opportunity to live a long and healthy life remains profoundly unequal.
Hilary Graham and her contributors outline the enduring link between people?s socioeconomic circumstances and their health and tackle questions at the forefront of research and policy on health inequalities. These include:
- How health is influenced by circumstances across people's lives and by the areas in which they live
- How health is simultaneously shaped by inequalities of gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic position
- How policies can impact on health inequalities