Vital Signs
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Vital Signs

The Deadly Costs of Health Inequality

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eBook - ePub

Vital Signs

The Deadly Costs of Health Inequality

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About This Book

Nature is no longer the leading cause of death; society is. This makes health care one of the most important political issues today. This book looks at the reasons behind the declining condition of our bodies, as governments across the world choose to neglect the health of the majority of their citizens. Using hard data taken from service users, Lee Humber constructs a sharp analysis that gets to the heart of inequality in health care today, showing that 'wealthy means healthy'. Life expectancy for many in the UK and US is worse than it was 100 years ago, and more and more communities across the world can expect shorter and less healthy lives than their parents. Humber also suggests radical strategies for tackling this degenerative situation, providing a compelling vision for how we can shape our health and that of future generations.

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Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781786804259
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Health Care Delivery

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. 1 Introduction
  7. 2 Healthcare in the Age of Neoliberalism
  8. 3 Mergers, Monopolies and the ‘Rising Billions’
  9. 4 The Social Determinants of Health
  10. 5 The ‘Inequality Thesis’
  11. 6 Ageing Populations?
  12. 7 Health, Power and Paradigms
  13. 8 Legislating for Better Health?
  14. 9 Who’s WHO?
  15. 10 The National Health Service: A Revolution Half Made?
  16. 11 Conclusion
  17. Notes
  18. Index