The health gap : the challenge of an unequal world / Michael Marmot.
The health gap : the challenge of an unequal world / Michael Marmot.
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Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.
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G 2016/2281
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Language
English
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Physical content
387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The organisation of misery -- Whose responsibility? -- Fair society, healthy lives -- Equity from the start -- Education and empowerment -- Working to live -- Do not go gentle -- Building resilient communities -- Fair societies -- Living fairly in the world -- The organisation of hope.
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Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
In a Baltimore inner-city neighborhood, a man's life expectancy is 63; in another neighborhood not far away, it's 83. The same 20-year avoidable disparity exists in nearby neighborhoods of cities around the world. In Sierra Leone, one in 21 fifteen-year-old women will die in her fertile years of a maternal-related cause; in Italy, the figure is one...
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The health gap : the challenge of an unequal world / Michael Marmot.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-369) and index.
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G 2016/2281
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74VKz4JMv0Qy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKz4JMv0Qy
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ISBN
9781632860781
MMS ID
991023578549702626
