Inequalities in health
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Inequalities in health
(Penguin books, . Penguin social sciences)
Penguin, 1992
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Reprint with revisions to 'The health divide', 1992
Includes index
Contents of Works
- The black report / Sir Douglas Black ... [et al.] ; edited by Peter Townsend and Nick Davidson
- The health divide / Margaret Whitehead
Description and Table of Contents
Description
From birth to old age those at the bottom of the social scale have much poorer health and quality of life than those at the top. Gender, area of residence and ethnic origin also have a deep impact. When the Black Report first revealed these tragic inequalities and made urgent recommendations for change, the "British Medical Journal", and many others, regarded it as the most important medical report since World War II. It's findings however, were dismissed by the incoming government, which tried unsuccessfully to bury it. Despite this it had, and continues to have, a profound influence on the medical and academic worlds. This book examines the inequalities that exist in the British Health system.
Table of Contents
- The Black Report: concepts of health and inequality
- the pattern of present health inequalities
- trends in inequality of health
- inequality in the availability and use of the health service
- international comparisons
- towards an explanation of health inequalities
- the need for more information and research
- planning the health and personal social services
- the wider strategy. The health divide: setting the scene
- health inequalities today
- recent trends
- health services - fair and equitable?
- a European perspective
- explaining health inequalities
- action on inequalities - a framework for policy-making
- - information needs and research
- - policy in the caring services
- - a wider strategy.
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