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Health divides : where you live can kill you / / Clare Bambra.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bambra, C. (Clare), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical geography.
- Sociology, Medical.
- Geography, Medical.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Public Health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Sociology, Medical.
- Geography, Medical.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Public Health.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 303 pages : black and white illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Americans live three years less than their counterparts in France or Sweden. Scottish men survive two years less than English men. Across Europe, women in the poorest communities live up to ten years less than those in the richest. Revealing saps in life expectancy of up to 25 years between places just a few miles apart, this important book demonstrates that where you live can kill you. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Health divides 1
- 2 From King Cholera to the 'c' word 31
- 3 In sickness and in health 57
- 4 Placing life and death 97
- 5 It's the (political) economy 137
- 6 Too little, too late 183
- 7 Past, present, future 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-289) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447330356
- 1447330358
- OCLC:
- 944087455
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