Summary
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Key Concepts in Health Studies provides a much needed guide to the central concepts used across the subject, and offers the reader a comprehensive overview of the core topics, theories and debates. Drawing together the fundamentals within the disciplines of health, nursing, and social policy this book is an ideal text both for students studying health in a range of academic fields, and for health and social care practitioners. From ageism to public health, and gender to obesity, the book offers an exciting guide to the multidisciplinary field.
Social Inequalities in Health
Social Inequalities in Health
Health inequalities are an enduring and notable feature of modern global society. The chances and opportunities to lead a healthy, active and rewarding life free of illness and pain are not evenly distributed across and between societies. To take the example of social class difference in health outcomes, within the United Kingdom, a male from the lowest socio-economic group can on average expect to live 7.2 years less than a man from the highest social-economic group. The difference for women is slightly less at 5 years. Sometimes the difference can be much more marked. In the United Kingdom one of the lowest life expectancies can be found in the deprived Calton area of Glasgow where average male life ...