Social determinants of health / edited by Richard G. Wilkinson and Michael Marmot.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wilkinson, Richard G.
Marmot, Michael, 1945-
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Public health > Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Medical policy.
Health status indicators.
Physical Description:x, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Michael Marmot
  • Social organization, stress, and health / Eric Brunner, Michael Marmot
  • Early life / Michael Wadsworth, Suzie Butterworth
  • The life course, the social gradient, and health / David Blane
  • Health and labour market disadvantage: unemployment, non-employment, and job insecurity / Mel Bartley ... [et al.]
  • Health and the psychosocial environment at work / Michael Marmot ... [et al.]
  • Transport and health / Mark McCarthy
  • Social support and social cohesion / Stephen A. Stansfeld
  • Food is a political issue / Aileen Robertson ... [et al.]
  • Poverty, social exclusion, and minorities / Mary Shaw ... [et al.]
  • Social patterning of individual health behaviours: the case of cigarette smoking / Martin J. Jarvis, Jane Wardle
  • The social determination of ethnic/racial inequalities in health / James Y. Nazroo, David R. Williams
  • Social determinants of health in older age / Anne McMunn ... [et al.]
  • Neighbourhoods, housing, and health / Mai Stafford, Mark McCarthy
  • Social determinants, sexual behaviour, and sexual health / Anne M. Johnson ... [et al.]
  • Ourselves and others - for better or worse: social vulnerability and inequality / Richard G. Wilkinson.