The Sociology of Health Inequalities

The chances of a long and healthy life are unequal: there are large differences between men and women, between members of different ethnic groups, between regions and between social classes. Health inequality is of increasing concern in all developed countries, forming one of the WHO's Health for All by the Year 2000 targets. In the UK the New Labour government has commissioned an independent inquiry into its causes and consequences. Health inequality has to be studied in a way that breaks down the boundaries between medicine and social science. This collection of papers reflects this concern. It represents the contribution of the social sciences: sociology, economics, psychology, geography and social policy, to the understanding and alleviation of health inequality.

Mel Bartley is Professor Emerita of Medical Sociology at University College London.

David Blane is Emeritus Professor in the School of Public Health at the Imperial School of Science Technology and Medicine.

George Davey-Smith is the editor of The Sociology of Health Inequalities, published by Wiley.

Introduction. Beyond the Black Report
Understanding the social dynamics of health inequalities
Mortality, the social environment, crime and violence
The psycho-social perspective on social inequalities in health
Theorizing inequalities in health: the place of lay knowledge
Is there a place for geography in the analysis of health inequality?
Social and spatial inequalities in health
Gender and disadvantage in health: men's health for a change
Changing the map: health in Britain 1951 - 1991
Genetic, cultural or socio-economic vulnerability?
Explaining ethnic inequalities in health
Mortgage debt, insecure home ownership and health: an exploratory analysis
A lifecourse perspective on socio-economic inequalities in health
Notes on Contributors
Index
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