Social Perspective on Health Inequalities: A Re-conceptualization”

Publication Date: 
January 2010
(With S.V. Subramanian) in Brown, T., McLafferty, S. & Moon, Graham (Editors) A Companion to Health and Medical Geography. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Vani Kulkarni

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Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Use and Interpretation of the Different Ways of Capturing Dispersion in Health

  • Health Inequality versus Social Inequalities in Health

  • Outlining a Social Inequalities in Health Perspective

  • Social Factors in Health: The Evidence Base

  • Social Inequalities in Health: A Re-conceptualization

  • Conclusion

  • References