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Sociology of Health Inequalities (Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs)

Sociology of Health Inequalities (Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs)

by Mel Bartley (Author), Mel Bartley (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

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Synopsis

Leading researchers in the social sciences describe and explain the unequal chances of long and healthy life between social groups, ethnic groups, men and women and geographical areas.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 236
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 26 Jun 2000
ISBN 10: 0631209298
ISBN 13: 9780631209294

Media Reviews
The editors and the authors are to be congratulated on making the individual parts and the whole interesting, readable and coherent. International Journal of Epidemiology 1999 The Sociology of Health and Illness tackles health inequality with the overarching goal of linking medicine and social science. The social dynamics of health inequalities and social and spatial inequities in health are assessed. Contributors address morality, crime, psychological perspectives, lay knowledge, the utility of geography, sex differences, genetic and ethnic differences and economic factors. Sociological Abstracts , 2000
Author Bio

Mel Bartley is Professor Emerita of Medical Sociology at University College London.

David Blane is Emeritus Professor in the School of Public Health at the Imperial School of Science Technology and Medicine.

George Davey-Smith is the editor of The Sociology of Health Inequalities, published by Wiley.