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Book Synopsis
As standards of healthcare decline, so do our bodies; we need a radical vision for healthcare

Trade Review
'Excellent - a radical vision of how to improve healthcare provision and with it, the health of humanity' -- Professor John Parrington, University of Oxford
'As another major 'inequality commission' is set up in Britain, 'Vital Signs' presents a clear historical and theoretical framing for why stark health differences between social and ethnic groups persist or increase across the globe' -- George Davey Smith, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, editor of 'Health Inequalities: Lifecourse Approaches' (Policy, 2003)

Table of Contents

List of Figures
1. Introduction
2. Healthcare in the Age of Neoliberalism
3. Mergers, Monopolies and the ‘Rising Billions’
4. The Social Determinants of Health
5. The ‘Inequality Thesis’
6. Ageing Populations?
7. Health, Power and Paradigms
8. Legislating for Better Health?
9. Who’s WHO?
10. The National Health Service: A Revolution Half Made?
11. Conclusion
Notes
Index

Vital Signs

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      Publisher Pluto Press
      Published 20 August 2019
      ISBN-13 9780745338323
      978-0745338323
      ISBN-10 0745338321
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      As standards of healthcare decline, so do our bodies; we need a radical vision for healthcare

      Trade Review
      'Excellent - a radical vision of how to improve healthcare provision and with it, the health of humanity' -- Professor John Parrington, University of Oxford
      'As another major 'inequality commission' is set up in Britain, 'Vital Signs' presents a clear historical and theoretical framing for why stark health differences between social and ethnic groups persist or increase across the globe' -- George Davey Smith, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, editor of 'Health Inequalities: Lifecourse Approaches' (Policy, 2003)

      Table of Contents

      List of Figures
      1. Introduction
      2. Healthcare in the Age of Neoliberalism
      3. Mergers, Monopolies and the ‘Rising Billions’
      4. The Social Determinants of Health
      5. The ‘Inequality Thesis’
      6. Ageing Populations?
      7. Health, Power and Paradigms
      8. Legislating for Better Health?
      9. Who’s WHO?
      10. The National Health Service: A Revolution Half Made?
      11. Conclusion
      Notes
      Index

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