| Health and Social Organization: Towards a Health Policy for the 21st Century Contributor(s): Blane, David (Editor), Brunner, Eric (Editor), Wilkinson, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415130700 ISBN-13: 9780415130707 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $85.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: There is a growing recognition that the most powerful determinants of health in modern populations are to be found in social, economic and cultural circumstances. "Health and Social Organisation" focuses on the determinants of health in developed countries, discussing the role of education, the workplace and the family. It considers the timing of major influences on health and questions whether there are special periods of vulnerability early in life or whether circumstances throughout life are equally important. The final section draws out the implications for policy and for links between health and economic performance, emphasizing the need for greater investment to combat the low educational standards and high unemployment which cause both poor health and poor economic performance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Medical | Allied Health Services - General |
| Dewey: 362.1 |
| LCCN: 96222385 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.23" W x 9.2" (1.02 lbs) 342 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There is widespread recognition that the most powerful determinants of health today are to be found in social, economic and cultural circumstances. These include: ecnomic growth, income distribution, consumption, work oganisation, unemployment and job insecurity, social and family structure, education and deprivation, and they are all aspects of 'social organisation'. In Health and Social Organisation leading British and North American researchers who bring together an invaluable collection of data on these issues, draw from the social sciences, epidemiology and biology. |