Eminent international authors - medical and social scientists
Addresses topical areas of political debate on health, welfare and the NHS
Inter-disciplinary approach with evidence from Europe and North America
Stresses the pressing need for greater investments to combat low educational standards and high unemployment which cause poor health
'An impressively broad array of superb evidence illustrating the wide variety of social influences on numerous aspects of health and illness.' - British Medical Journal
'This volume is refreshing as a text which puts health - rather than medical services or the NHS - at the heart of heath policy...offers a wealth of data and a sophisticated level of debate.' - Sociology of Health and Illness
'A useful and timely book...strongly recommended as a contemporary source in the subject.' - Journal of Public Health Medicine