Oppression: A Social Determinant of Health, 2nd Edition

by Elizabeth McGibbon

Book Overview

Oppression and health are intricately connected and much scholarly and applied attention to the social determinants of health has focused on the "causes of the causes" of ill health. These include systemic forces such as capitalism, globalization, imperialism, medicalization, neo-colonialism and neoliberalism. The authors of this important contribution insist that If we are to change the oppressive practices that cause ill health, our analysis must...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773632280
• ISBN13: 9781773632285
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"