Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-235) and index.
Contents
What is social inequality? -- What is health inequality? -- Figuring out health inequality -- Explanatory models I : behavioural and 'cultural' explanations -- Explanatory models II : psycho-social factors -- Explanatory models III : materialist explanations -- Macro-social models -- Gender and inequality in health -- Ethnic inequalities in health -- Health inequality in the life course -- The way forward for research and policy debate.
