Clare Bambra: 2 books
by Clare Bambra
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
We are told that 'work is good for us' and that ill health is caused by 'individual lifestyles'. Drawing on research from public health, social policy, epidemiology, geography and political science, this evidence-based inter-disciplinary book firmly challenges these contemporary orthodoxies. It systematically...
Health divides
Where you live can kill you
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE BMA BOOK AWARDS 2017 Americans live three years less than their counterparts in France or Sweden. Scottish men survive two years less than English men. Across Europe, women in the poorest communities live up to ten years less than those in the richest. Revealing gaps in life...