Title The health of nations : why inequality is harmful to your health / Ichiro Kawachi and Bruce P. Kennedy

Edition [Updated edition] Published New York : New Press, 2006

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	362.1 Kaw/Hon 2006		AVAILABLE
WATERFT HEALTH	362.1042 Kaw/Hon 2006		AVAILABLE

Description viii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Contents Economic goals and "the permanent problem of the human race" -- Prosperity and happiness -- Prosperity and health -- Keeping up with the [Dow] Joneses -- Inequality : the private and public price we pay -- Stepping on the hedonic treadmill -- The social costs of consumption -- Politics and health Analysis Health services Health policy Equality Social impact Consumption Accessibility Statistics Australia overseas comparisons Notes "Updated with a new afterword by Ichiro Kawachi"--[P. 4] of cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-251) and index Subject Social medicine. Medical policy -- Social aspects. Health services accessibility. Equality -- Health aspects. Author Kennedy, Bruce P. ISBN 1565848969 paperback

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