Author

Contributions

  • Eckersley, Richard, 1947- - Contributor
  • Dixon, Jane - Contributor
  • Douglas, R. M. - Contributor

Publication

2001 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

86,750 words, Guess

Page Count

347 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC306.461
  • LCCRA776.5 .S598 2001

Description

"This book covers the differential health impacts of socio-economic status, family and early development, changes in work and work conditions, health systems, the physical environment of cities, indigenous peoples, social capital, culture, and global economic and environmental changes. It also discusses how inequality gets 'under the skin', through describing the physiological changes that follow from stress and behaviours. Particularly important is the 'natural experiment' represented by the different political and economic paths taken by Australia and New Zealand over the past two decades and the opportunity this provides to assess their effect on health." "The Social Origins of Health and Well-being will be of great value to scholars and professionals internationally and to students in Australia and New Zealand."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The social origins of health and well-beingCambridge University Press2001

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