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The Widening Gap
Mary Shaw
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Description for The Widening Gap
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Relentlessly, the wide health gap between different groups of people living in Britain continues to get even wider. This book presents new evidence (which was not available to the government's Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health) on the size of the gap, and the extent to which the gap is widening. In particular, new geographical data are presented and displayed in striking graphical form. It challenges whether the government is concerned enough about reducing inequalities and highlights the living conditions of the million people living in the least healthy areas in Britain. It presents explanations for the widening health gap, ... Read more
Relentlessly, the wide health gap between different groups of people living in Britain continues to get even wider. This book presents new evidence (which was not available to the government's Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health) on the size of the gap, and the extent to which the gap is widening. In particular, new geographical data are presented and displayed in striking graphical form. It challenges whether the government is concerned enough about reducing inequalities and highlights the living conditions of the million people living in the least healthy areas in Britain. It presents explanations for the widening health gap, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861341426
SKU
V9781861341426
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Mary Shaw
George Davey Smith is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bristol. Daniel Dorling is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield. David Gordon is Professor of Social Justice at the University of Bristol. Mary Shaw is Reader in Medical Sociology at the University of Bristol.
Reviews for The Widening Gap
"... their analysis of the potential impact of current government policies on inequalities in health is enlightening." BMJ "It makes an excellent contribution to our understanding of health inequality in Britain and provides a useful contibution to the policy debate." Cambridge University Press "When Tony Blair tours the North to show the wide variations within regions as well ... Read more