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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823777303321

Autore

Graham Hilary

Titolo

Unequal lives [[electronic resource] ] : health and socioeconomic inequalities / / Hilary Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead ; ; New York, NY, : Open University Press, 2007

ISBN

9786611330750

0978033522261

1-281-33075-2

0-335-23386-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

362.1042

Soggetti

Social status - Health aspects

Equality

Health attitudes

Health services accessibility - Economic aspects

Poor - Health and hygiene

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontcover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1; 1 Health inequalities and inequities; 2 Measuring health and health inequalities; 3 Socio-economic inequalities; 4 Measuring socio-economic position; Part 2; 5 Health inequalities: global, national and historical; 6 Health inequalities across changes in disease; Part 3; 7 Social determinants of health and health inequalities; 8 Socio-economic inequalities across generations: occupation and education; 9 Socio-economic inequalities across people's lives: partnership and parenthood

10 Health across unequal lives11 Unequal lives: policy matters; Concluding Comment; Notes; References; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Focuses on the connections between people's unequal health and people's unequal lives, and between health and socioeconomic inequalities. This book investigates these connections to shed light on how, even in rich societies enjoying unparalleled levels of wealth and health, people's life chances and health remain so unequal.