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Unequal Health: The Scandal of Our Times
Danny Dorling
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Description for Unequal Health: The Scandal of Our Times
Paperback. This book shows conclusively that inequalities in health are the scandal of our times in the most unequal of rich nations and calls for immediate action to reduce these inequalities in the near future. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFFJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 866.
Health inequalities are the most important inequalities of all. In the US and the UK these inequalities have now reached an extent not seen for over a century. Most people's health is much better now than then, but the gaps in life expectancy between regions, between cities, and between neighbourhoods within cities now surpass the worst measures over the last hundred years. In almost all other affluent countries, inequalities in health are lower and people live longer. In his new book, academic and writer Danny Dorling describes the current extent of inequalities in health as the scandal of our times. ... Read more
Health inequalities are the most important inequalities of all. In the US and the UK these inequalities have now reached an extent not seen for over a century. Most people's health is much better now than then, but the gaps in life expectancy between regions, between cities, and between neighbourhoods within cities now surpass the worst measures over the last hundred years. In almost all other affluent countries, inequalities in health are lower and people live longer. In his new book, academic and writer Danny Dorling describes the current extent of inequalities in health as the scandal of our times. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447305132
SKU
V9781447305132
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99-50
About Danny Dorling
Danny Dorling is Professor for the Public Understanding of Social Science at the University of Sheffield. With a group of colleagues he helped create the website www.worldmapper.org which shows who has most and least in the world. He has been a member of the World Health Organization's Scientific Resource Group on Health Equity Analysis and Research, is a Patron of ... Read more
Reviews for Unequal Health: The Scandal of Our Times
"The catchy titles, informal tone and non-technical language render the book accessible, readable and easy to understand. This volume provides a compelling plea that we should all do our utmost to overcome the growing inequalities in health." Public Health Today "A useful and valuable resource...a strongly argued called for politicians, activists, and citizens to embrace the ideas of the left." ... Read more