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Title The political and social contexts of health / edited by Vicente Navarro ; editorial board, Carme Borrell ... [and others]
Published Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood ; [Hadleigh] : [BRAD, distributor], [2004]
©2004

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Description 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction. Objectives and purposes of the study -- 2. The importance of the political and the social in explaining mortality differentials among the countries of the OECD, 1950-1998 -- 3. Do social policies and political context matter for health in the United Kingdom? -- 4. Individual and contextual determinants of inequalities in health: the Italian case -- 5. Regional differences in trends in life expectancy and the influence of the political and socioeconomic contexts in Germany -- 6. Power relations and premature mortality in Spain's autonomous communities -- 7. Social differentials in the decline of infant mortality in Sweden in the twentieth century: the impact of politics and policy -- 8. Summary and conclusions of the study
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Social medicine -- Cross-cultural studies.
Health -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
Health -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
Medical policy -- Cross-cultural aspects
Medical care -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
Author Navarro, Vicente.
LC no. 2004046101
ISBN 0895032961 cloth
0895032996 paperback