Unequal Health: How Inequality Contributes to Health or Illness

by Grace Budrys

Book Overview

This book introduces students and researchers to the wealth of scientific information about health disparities among Americans. While the scientific research has burgeoned in recent years, the results are upsetting some firmly fixed beliefs regarding what people can or should do to improve their health. The book contrasts popular beliefs about the relevance of such factors as sex, race, poverty and health habits with research on those factors reported...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742527417
• ISBN13: 9780742527416
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"