The class origins of health inequality

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