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Health and social justice : politics, ideology, and inequity in the distribution of disease
Title:
Health and social justice : politics, ideology, and inequity in the distribution of disease
Author:
Hofrichter, Richard.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2003]

©2003
Physical Description:
xxxii, 656 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"A public health reader"--Cover.
Language:
English
Contents:
Politics of health inequitites : contested terrain / A society in delcine : the political, economic, and social determinants of health inequalities in the United States / Understanding and reducing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health / Gender, health, and equity : the intersections / Getting a grip on the global economy : health outcomes and the decoding of development discourse

Political context of social inequalities and health / Income inequality and mortality : importance to health of individual income, psychosocial environment, or material conditions / Zoning, equity, and public health / Changing structure of work in the United States : implications for health and welfare / Public health as social justice

Social capital and the third way in public health / Measuring health inequalities : the politics of the World Health Report 2000 / Assessing equity in health : conceptual criteria / Income inequality, social cohesion, and the health status of populations : the role of neo-liberalism / Income inequality and health : expanding the debate / Is capitalism a disease? The crisis in U.S. public health

Theorizing inequalitites in health : the place of lay knowledge / Limitations of population health as a model for a new public health / Theories for social epidemiology in the twenty-first century : an ecosocial perspective / Toward the future : policy and community actions to promote population health / Globalization, trade, and health : unpacking the links and defining health public policy options

Socioeconomic disparities in health in the United States : an agenda for action / From science to policy : options for reducing health inequalities / Addressing structural influences on the health of urban populations / Swimming upstream in a swift current : public health institutions and inequality / Minnesota's call to action : a starting point for advancing health equity through social and economic change / Role of mass media in creating social capital : a new direction for public health
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ISBN:
9780787967338
Format :
Book