Working for Equality in Health

ISBN-13: 9780415124652 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 240 str.

Paul Bywaters

Opis

Widening social inequalities in Britain are reflected in uneven patterns of health within and between populations. Among professional health workers there is a developing awareness of the significance of tackling inequality in order to procure better health. In Working for Equality in Health, the contributors, who include health activists, service users and carers, politicians and researchers as well as health and social care professionals, not only detail the interrelationships and processes by which health inequalities are maintained, but present analyses - refined through experience - of strategies to combat them. They describe their attempts in practice to counteract the impact on people's health of the complex interaction of inequalities based on class, relative poverty, race, gender, age, disability and sexual orientation. This book brings to bear the understanding of a combination of practitioners and activists on a key issue for health experience, policy and practice.

Recenzje

'Excellent summaries of what we know about inequalities and how to tackle them and where the gaps are.' - Health Matters

'Presents an excellent and comprehensive overview of inequalities in health' Anne Coufopoulos, John Moores University

'good overview of key areas of inequality in health' Ruth Northway, University of Wales

O autorze

Paul Bywaters, Eileen McLeod