The Health Gap : The Challenge of an Unequal World
Marmot, M
The Health Gap : The Challenge of an Unequal World - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2016
In all countries, people at relative social disadvantage suffer health disadvantage, dramatically so. Within countries, the higher the social status of individuals the better is their health. These health inequalities defy usual explanations. Conventional approaches to improving health have emphasised access to technical solutions - improved medical care, sanitation, and control of disease vectors; or behaviours - smoking, drinking - obesity, linked to diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
9781408857977 9781408857977 (PBK) 9781408857984 (eISBN)
The Health Gap : The Challenge of an Unequal World - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2016
In all countries, people at relative social disadvantage suffer health disadvantage, dramatically so. Within countries, the higher the social status of individuals the better is their health. These health inequalities defy usual explanations. Conventional approaches to improving health have emphasised access to technical solutions - improved medical care, sanitation, and control of disease vectors; or behaviours - smoking, drinking - obesity, linked to diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
9781408857977 9781408857977 (PBK) 9781408857984 (eISBN)