Controversies and Developments - Controversies and Developments

Klappentext Following in the footsteps of "The Political Economy of Social Inequalities"! this work describes and explains the health inequalities across social class! race! and gender! as well as neighborhood! city! region! country! and continent. It also represents the fields of public health! population health! epidemiology! economics! and sociology. Zusammenfassung The field of social inequalities in health continues its vigorous growth in the early years of the 21st century. This volume, following in the footsteps of Vicente Navarro's edited collection "The Political Economy of Social Inequalities", is a compilation of recent contributions to the areas of social epidemiology, health disparities, health economics, and health services research. The overarching theme is to describe and explain the evergrowing health inequalities across social class, race, and gender, as well as neighborhood, city, region, country, and continent. The approach of this book is distinctly multi-, trans-, and interdisciplinary: the fields of public health, population health, epidemiology, economics, sociology, political science, philosophy, medicine, and history are all represented here. Inhaltsverzeichnis 101504521

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• Authors: Carles Muntaner, Vicente Navarro, Vicente Muntaner Navarro, Vincente Navarro, Vincente Muntaner Navarro
• Publisher: Baywood pub co
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2004
• EAN: 9780895032799
• ISBN: 978-0-89503-279-9
• No. of pages: 570
• Series: Policy, Politics, Health and Medicine Series; Policy, Politics, Health and Medicine Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science