"With the compelling evidence that more redistributive universal
welfare benefits and education provide the main escalator to
reducing inequalities, this is a timely and thought-provoking book
for all those concerned to reduce our societies' embedded
structural inequalities, cumulative disadvantages and health
inequalities." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
"Unequal Lives is the book that we have all been waiting for. In
this skilfully crafted volume, Hilary Graham makes the vital
connection between health inequalities and social inequalities in a
way that opens up new understandings of both concepts and
consequences for policy. Scholarly yet accessible, this is a 'must
read' book for researchers, policymakers and practitioners alike."
Margaret Whitehead, WH Duncan Professor of Public Health,
University of Liverpool, UK"The book has high educational value and
is worthy of being considered as a resource for students in
relevant courses. It will also be helpful for policymakers,
clinicians and social workers, especially those settling and the
changes in health outcomes are being observed. The author should be
congratulated for bringing clarity to a complex, interlacing and
intricate relationship of social and health sciences." Nilamadhab
Kar, MD, DPM, DNBConsultant Psychiatrist, Wolverhampton City
PrimaryCare Trust; Resource Person, Quality of Life Researchand
Development Foundation, UK and Consultant Psychiatrist, Mental
Health Directorate,Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust, Steps
toHealth, Showell Circus, Wolverhampton, UK. What is meant by
health inequalities and socioeconomic inequalities?What evidence is
there to support the link between socioeconomic status and
health?Why do these links persist over time, between and within
societies, and across people's lives? What part do policies play in
the persistence of social and health inequalities? Unequal Lives
provides an evidence-based introduction to social and health
inequalities. It brings together research from social epidemiology,
sociology and social policy to guide the reader to an understanding
of why people's lives and people's health remain so unequal, even
in rich societies where there is more than enough for all. The book
introduces the non-specialist to key concepts like health
inequalities and health inequities, social class and socioeconomic
position, social determinants and life course, as well as to the
key indicators of health and socioeconomic position. It provides a
wealth of evidence on socioeconomic inequalities in health at both
national and global level, and explores how these inequalities
persist as countries industrialise, patterns of employment and
family life change, and chronic diseases emerge as the big killers.
Consideration is given to policy and its impact on inequalities
within the UK, Europe and beyond and an assessment made of health
inequalities throughout the life.This new book from best selling
author Hilary Graham is of particular interest to students in
sociology, social policy, health studies, health promotion and
public health as well as to social work and community nursing
students and those working in the health and welfare fields.
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