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Title Health inequalities : critical perspectives / [edited by] Katherine E. Smith, Clare Bambra, Sarah E. Hill
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]
©2016
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Contents Background and introduction: UK experiences of health inequalities -- Reflections on the legacy of British health inequalities research -- Nordic health inequalities: patterns, trends, and policies -- Reflections on the UK's legacy of health inequalities: research and policy from a North American perspective -- Reflections on the UK legacy of health inequities research, from the perspective of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) -- Contrasting views on ways forward for health inequalities research -- Axes of health inequalities and intersectionality -- Beyond 'health': why don't we tackle the cause of health inequalities? -- Neoliberalism and health inequalities -- Health inequalities in England's changing public health system -- The equity implications of health system change in the UK -- All in it together?: health inequalities, austerity, and the 'Great Recession' -- Industrial epiemics and inequalities: the commercial sector as a structural driver of inequalities in non-communicable diseases -- Place, space, and health inequalities -- The politics of tackling inequalities: the rise of psychological fundamentalism in public health and welfare reform -- Knowledge of the everyday: confronting the causes of health inequalities -- Socio-structural violence against the poor -- For the good of the cause: generating evidence to inform social policies that reduce health inequalities -- The spirit level: a case study of the public dissemination of health inequalities research -- Conclusion: where next for advocates, researchers, and policymakers trying to tackle health inequalities?
Summary This edited volume provides wide-ranging anaylses and reviews of the UK's experiences of health inequalities research and policy to date, and reflects on the lessons that have been learnt from these experiences, both within the UK and internationally
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from resource homepage (viewed January 25, 2016)
Subject Social medicine -- Great Britain
Health services accessibility -- Great Britain
Medical policy -- Great Britain
Public health administration -- Great Britain
Public health.
Medical policy.
Health.
Medical care.
Health services administration.
Medical personnel.
Social control.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Healthcare Disparities
Public Health
Health Policy
Environment and Public Health
Medicine
Health
Delivery of Health Care
Public Policy
Social Control Policies
Patient Care Management
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Health Occupations
Population Characteristics
Policy
Disciplines and Occupations
Social Control, Formal
Health Services Administration
Social Sciences
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Sociology
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Patient Care
public health.
health.
social sciences.
sociology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Sociology
Social sciences
Social control
Public health
Medical personnel
Medical care
Health services administration
Health
Health services accessibility
Medical policy
Public health administration
Social medicine
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Smith, Katherine E., editor.
Bambra, C. (Clare), editor.
Hill, Sarah E., editor.
ISBN 9780191772603
0191772607
9780191008481
0191008486