Challenging Inequities in Health: From Ethics to Action
- ISBN-10
- 019513740X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195137408
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Pages
- 348
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Timothy Evans
Description
This text provides a unique view of global inequities in health status and health sytems. Emphasizing socioeconomic conditions, it combines chapters on conceptual and measurement issues with case studies from around the world.
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