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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170983203321

Titolo

Working for equality in health / / edited by Paul Bywaters and Eileen McLeod

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-80314-1

1-134-80315-X

0-203-43242-8

1-280-51768-9

9786610517688

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 220 p

Collana

The state of welfare

Altri autori (Persone)

BywatersPaul <1945->

McLeodEileen

Disciplina

362.1/0941

Soggetti

Poor - Medical care - Great Britain

People with social disabilities - Medical care - Great Britain

Discrimination in medical care - Great Britain

Health services accessibility - Great Britain

Equality - Great Britain

Right to health - Great Britain

Medical social work - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Face to face care -- pt. 2. Redistributing resources and control -- pt. 3. Information for change.

Sommario/riassunto

Unequal social relations are reflected in uneven patterns of health within and between populations. In Working for Equality in Health, health workers and academics distil the results of their efforts to understand, oppose and change health inequalities. Working for Equality in Health brings to bear the understanding of a unique combination of practitioners and activists on a key issue for health experience, policy and practice. Common themes and common obstacles become apparent: the need for ever better understandings of the interactive effects of social disadvantage; the damage wrought to



people's health by inegalitarian economic, social and health policies and the benefits of alliances between health professionals and other health workers to combat social and health inequalities.