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Successful Societies : How Institutions and Culture Affect Health /
Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. I...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. It explores the social roots of health inequalities, arguing that inequalities in health are based not only on economic inequalities, but on the structure of social relations. It develops sophisticated new perspectives on social relations, which emphasize the ways in which cultural frameworks as well as institutions condition people's health. It reports on research into health inequalities in the developed and developing worlds, covering a wide range of national case studies, and into the ways in which social relations condition the effectiveness of public policies aimed at improving health. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-333) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511651588 0511651589 051160355X 9780511603556 9780511601712 0511601719 9780511605550 0511605552 9780511604331 0511604335 9780521516600 0521516609 9780521736305 0521736307 9780511816192 0511816197 9780511647505 0511647506 0511602774 9780511602771 0511699336 9780511699337 1107190959 9781107190955 1282393553 9781282393554 9786612393556 6612393556 |