LEADER 02574oam 2200637I 450 001 996197721503316 005 20240409175901.0 010 $a1134872798 010 $a1134872801 010 $a128033659 010 $a9786610336579 010 $a0-203-42168-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203421680 035 $a(CKB)111056485518452 035 $a(EBL)180146 035 $a(OCoLC)437082738 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264972 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226774 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264972 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294482 035 $a(PQKB)10494897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180146 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL180146 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058172 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33657 035 $a(OCoLC)647377480 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485518452 100 $a20180331d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnhealthy societies $ethe afflictions of inequality /$fRichard Wilkinson 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d1996. 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-09234-5 311 $a0-415-09235-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and indexes. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: the social economy of health; Health becomes a social science; Rising life expectancy and the epidemiological transition; The problem of health inequalities; Income distribution and health; A small town in the USA, wartime Britain, Eastern Europe and Japan; An anthropology of social cohesion; The symptoms of disintegration; The psychosocial causes of illness; Baboons, civil servants and children's height; Social capital: putting Humpty together again 330 $aAmong developed countries it is not the richest societies that have the best health, but those that have the smallest income differences between rich and poor. Why? This book shows that social cohesion is crucial to the quality of life. 606 $aIncome distribution$xHealth aspects 606 $aEquality$xHealth aspects 615 0$aIncome distribution$xHealth aspects. 615 0$aEquality$xHealth aspects. 676 $a306.4/61 700 $aWilkinson$b Richard G.$0474413 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996197721503316 996 $aUnhealthy societies$952513 997 $aUNISA