Social causes of health and disease

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cockerham William C
Published: Polity,
Publisher Address: Cambridge
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: vii, 232 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780745635880 (pbk.)
0745635881 (pbk.)
9780745635873
0745635873
Index Number: R
CLC: R-05
R1
Call Number: R-05/C666-1
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-220) and indexes.
The social causation of health and disease -- Theorizing about health and disease -- Health lifestyles -- The power of class -- Class and health: explaining the relationship -- Age, gender, and race/ethnicity as structural variables -- Living conditions and neighborhood disadvantage -- Health and social captial.