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Health inequality : an introduction to theories, concepts, and methods /

Bartley, Mel.

Health inequality : an introduction to theories, concepts, and methods / Mel Bartley. - viii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-199) and index.

What is health inequality? -- Measuring socio-economic position -- Figuring out health inequality -- Models of aetiological pathways, I: behavioural and 'cultural' explanations -- Models of aetiological pathways, II: the psycho-social model -- Models of aetiological pathways, III: the materialist model -- Models of aetiological pathways, IV: the life course approach -- Social ecology -- Gender inequality in health -- Ethnic inequalities in health -- Health inequality and social policy.

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