Inequalities in Health: The Evidence Presented to the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health, Chaired by Sir Donald Acheson (Studies in Poverty, Inequality & Social Exclusion Series)
Daniel Dorling; David Gordon; Mary Shaw; George Davey Smith
Language: English
Published by Policy Press, 1999
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- Inequalities in Health: The Evidence Presented to the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health, Chaired by Sir Donald Acheson (Studies in Poverty, Inequality & Social Exclusion Series)
- Author
- Daniel Dorling; David Gordon; Mary Shaw; George Davey Smith
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1861341741
- ISBN 13
- 9781861341747
The Acheson Inquiry was the most important government-backed examination into inequalities in health in the past 20 years. However, much of the detailed evidence presented to the Inquiry has not been published - until now.
This book presents 17 chapters of evidence commissioned by the Acheson Inquiry to inform their work. It provides a 'state of the art' review, by leading experts, into aspects of inequalities in health among:
Mothers/families/children
Youth
Adults of working age
Older people
Housing
Social environment
Poverty and income
The NHS
Nutrition
Education
Areas
Ethnicity
Transport/pollution/material environment
Gender
Mental health
Health-related behaviours
Oral health
·
Inequalities in health: The evidence is important reading for academics in the social and medical sciences, students, medical professionals and people working within the fields of health and community care.
Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion series
Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research.
Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available.
For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.
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About the Author
Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Peter’s College. He is a patron of RoadPeace, Comprehensive Future and Heeley City Farm. He has published over 50 books, including the best-selling Peak Inequality: Britain’s Ticking Timebomb (2018) and Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists (2014)..
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