Front cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables, figures and boxes; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; One: Introduction: Local Health Inequalities in an Age of Austerity; Two: Austerity Then and Now; Three: Placing Health in Austerity; Four: How the Other Half Live; Five: Divided Lives; Six: Minding the Gap; Seven: Mothers in Austerity; Eight: Conclusion: Health in Hard Times; Index; Back cover
Summary
Health in hard times is a vital and important review of the impact of austerity on the wellbeing of the UK. Case studies from Stockton-on-Tees, home to some of the starkest health divides, are combined with a holistic review of the repercussions of budget cuts and welfare reforms to provide a portrait of inequalities in the country's health today