Vital Signs: The Deadly Costs of Health Inequality 9780745338347, 9780745338323, 9781786804242, 9781786804266, 9781786804259

This is a book about health. It is an analysis of what health is and what it isn’t. It offers an understanding of the na

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English Year 2019

Table of contents :
1 Introduction
2 Healthcare in the Age of Neoliberalism
3 Mergers, Monopolies and the ‘Rising Billions’
4 The Social Determinants of Health
5 The ‘Inequality Thesis’
6 Ageing Populations?
7 Health, Power and Paradigms
8 Legislating for Better Health?
9 Who’s WHO?
10 The National Health Service: A Revolution Half Made?
11 Conclusion

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