Format:
1 Online-Ressource (288 p.)
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28 Black and White
ISBN:
9781447344865
Content:
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. How has austerity impacted on health and wellbeing in the UK? Health in Hard Times explores its repercussions for social inequalities in health. The result of five years of research, the book draws on a case study of Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England, home to some of the starkest health divides. By placing individual and local experiences in the context of national budget cuts and welfare reforms, it provides a holistic perspective on countrywide inequalities. Edited by a leading expert, this is an important book for anyone seeking to understand one of today's most significant determinants of health
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Front Matter
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Contents
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List of tables, figures and boxes
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About the authors
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Acknowledgements
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Foreword
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Preface
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Introduction: Local Health Inequalities in an Age of Austerity
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Austerity Then and Now
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Placing Health in Austerity
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How the Other Half Live
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Divided Lives
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Minding the Gap
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Mothers in Austerity
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Conclusion: Health in Hard Times
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Index
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781447344858
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9781447344858
Language:
English
DOI:
10.56687/9781447344865
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