Long Lives Are for the Rich: Aging, the Life Course, and Social Justice

by Jan Baars

Long Lives Are for the Rich is the title of a silent ominous program that affects the lives of millions of people. In all developed countries disadvantaged and, especially, poor people die much earlier than the most advantaged. During these shorter lives they suffer ten to twenty years longer from disabilities or chronic disease. This does not happen accidentally: health inequalities - including those between healthy and unhealthy life styles -...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032491965
• ISBN13: 9781032491967
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"