Health inequality: an introduction to concepts, theories and methods

Abstract

Mel Bartley, Polity, 2004, £55, pp 240. ISBN 0-7456-2779 This book explains clearly the theory, concepts and methods used in health inequality work and its clarity makes it suitable for readers from diverse backgrounds. It is not a comprehensive precis of research results but rather an overview of the relations between socioeconomic position, sex, ethnicity, and health. The book comprises …