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

• Autore: Graham Hilary
• Pubblicazione: Maidenhead ; ; New York, NY, : Open University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1042
• Soggetto topico: Social status - Health aspects; Equality; Health attitudes; Health services accessibility - Economic aspects; Poor - Health and hygiene
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unequal lives
• ISBN: 9786611330750; 0978033522261; 1-281-33075-2; 0-335-23386-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784995303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II