`At last! A tour de force on cities and health by someone who knows that geography matters. This is a groundbreaking text, preoccupied as much with health and well-being as with death, disease and despair. It is concerned with who wins and who loses from the social and spatial patterning of risk⦠Co
Health inequalities : critical perspectives
β Scribed by Bambra, Clare; Hill, Sarah E.; Smith, Katherine E
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 351
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This edited volume provides wide-ranging anaylses and reviews of the UK's experiences of health inequalities research and policy to date, and reflects on the lessons that have been learnt from these experiences, both within the UK and internationally.
Abstract:
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Background and introduction: UK experiences of health inequalities --
Reflections on the legacy of British health inequalities research --
Nordic health inequalities: patterns, trends, and policies --
Reflections on the UK's legacy of health inequalities: research and policy from a North American perspective --
Reflections on the UK legacy of health inequities research, from the perspective of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) --
Contrasting views on ways forward for health inequalities research --
Axes of health inequalities and intersectionality --
Beyond 'health': why don't we tackle the cause of health inequalities? --
Neoliberalism and health inequalities --
Health inequalities in England's changing public health system --
The equity implications of health system change in the UK --
All in it together?: health inequalities, austerity, and the 'Great Recession' --
Industrial epiemics and inequalities: the commercial sector as a structural driver of inequalities in non-communicable diseases --
Place, space, and health inequalities --
The politics of tackling inequalities: the rise of psychological fundamentalism in public health and welfare reform --
Knowledge of the everyday: confronting the causes of health inequalities --
Socio-structural violence against the poor --
For the good of the cause: generating evidence to inform social policies that reduce health inequalities --
The spirit level: a case study of the public dissemination of health inequalities research --
Conclusion: where next for advocates, researchers, and policymakers trying to tackle health inequalities?
β¦ Subjects
Social medicine;Great Britain;Health services accessibility;Great Britain;Medical policy;Great Britain;Public health administration;Great Britain;Health services accessibility;Medical policy;Public health administration;Social medicine;Great Britain;POLITICAL SCIENCE;Public Policy;Social Security;POLITICAL SCIENCE;Public Policy;Social Services & Welfare
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