Is Inequality Bad For Our Health?

by Ichiro Kawachi, Norman Daniels, Joshua Cohen, et al.

Book Overview

In this election year, health care again proves to be one of our nation's most urgent issues. Daniels, Kennedy, and Kawachi shift the focus of the debate, forcing us to take a closer look at how our health is affected by social injustice and inequality. Arguing that it isn't enough to increase access to doctors, they call for improving social conditions-such as poverty, lack of education and affordable housing, and harmful work environments-that damage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807004472
• ISBN13: 9780807004470
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.0"