- Title
- The class origins of health inequality
- Creator
- Germov, John
- Relation
- Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology p. 81-103
- Relation
- http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/health_sciences/9780195520149
- Publisher
- Oxford Univeristy Press
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Popular notions of class tend to focus on lifestyle differences and consumption patterns, particularly regarding fashion, as a social marker of status. While these may indicate class membership in a general sense, they shed little light on how class differences are generated in the first place. This chapter discusses the concept of class, provides up-to-date evidence of class-based health inequality and examines five main explanations of health inequality.
- Subject
- social class; public health; social determinants of health; health inequality
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1067004
- Identifier
- uon:18316
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780195520149
- Language
- eng
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