Unhealthy Societies : the Afflictions of Inequality.

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Among 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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilkinson, Richard G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 1996.
Temas:
Social medicine.
Income distribution > Health aspects.
Equality > Health aspects.
Health services accessibility.
Prejudices.
Mortality.
Social Medicine
Health Services Accessibility
Prejudice
Socioeconomic Factors
Mortality
Médecine sociale.
Revenu > Répartition > Aspect sanitaire.
Inégalité sociale > Aspect sanitaire.
Services de santé > Accessibilité.
Préjugés.
Mortalité.
mortality.
Prejudices
Health services accessibility
Equality > Health aspects
Income distribution > Health aspects
Social medicine
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book 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.

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