Grace Budrys

Unequal Health (eBook, PDF)

How Inequality Contributes to Health or Illness

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Unequal Health examines the reasons why stark differences in health and well-being persist, even as the health care industry and access to health care grow. The third edition of this powerful book retains the accessible style and focus on inequality from previous editions while featuring significant new material throughout. After an overview of key themes, the book introduces the concept of epidemiology-measuring the number of people who are sick or dying-and offers an overview of health trends over time. Author Grace Budrys distills the latest research to consider the relevance of sex, race, income, and education, and relative social status on health. The book discusses disease, habits that contribute to health, the relationship between health care and health status, genetics, socioeconomic inequality, health policy, and more. The third edition features a new chapter on diet, an increased discussion of substance abuse and the attention it receives based on who is engaging in this behavior, new material on income and education variables and inequality, a new discussion of the Affordable Care Act and its impact, and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881878061
• Artikelnr.: 74396654

Autorenporträt

Grace Budrys is Professor Emerita of Sociology at DePaul University in Chicago. She is the author of numerous books, including Market-Based Health Care: All Myth, No Reality, Unequal Health: How Inequality Contributes to Health or Illness, Third Edition, and How Nonprofits Work. In addition to teaching, she chaired the Department of Public Services and the Masters of Public Health programs at DePaul University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1
Introduction Chapter 2
Identifying Disease and Its Causes Chapter 3
Causes of Death Chapter 4
Age, Sex, and Race or Ethnicity Chapter 5
External Causes of Death Chapter 6
Healthy and Unhealthy Behaviors: Diet Chapter 7
Healthy and Unhealthy Behaviors: Exercise, Smoking, and Substance Abuse Chapter 8
Health Care Chapter 9
Genes Chapter 10
Stress Chapter 11
Social Determinants of Health Chapter 12
Social Inequality Chapter 13
Unequal Health