The Sociology of Health Inequalities

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In this collection of papers leading researchers in the social sciences describe and explain the unequal chances of long and healthy life between groups.The chances of a long and healthy life are unequal: there are large differences between men and women, members of different ethnic groups, regions, and social classes. Health inequality is of increasing concern in all developed countries, forming one of the WHO's Health for All by the Year 2000 targets. To be solved, health inequality has to be studied in a way that breaks down the boundaries between medicine and social science.This collection represents the contribution of the social sciences -- sociology, economics, psychology, geography, and social policy.