Class, health inequality and social justice

Title: Class, health inequality and social justice
Creator: Hornosty, Jennie; Germov, John
Relation: Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology p. 60-81
Relation: http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780195431988.html
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2012
Description: There is a significant amount of research that shows the connection between class and health. People with less income and wealth have higher rates of death and illness than wealthier people do. This chapter discusses the concept of class, provides up-to-date evidence of class-based health inequality in Canada and examines different explanations of health inequality.
Description: Canadian
Subject: social class; public health; social determinants of health; social justice
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1066807
Identifier: uon:18229
Identifier: ISBN:9780195431988
Language: eng