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1033413
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b787783
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| Title & Author
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Challenging inequities in health : : from ethics to action /\ edited by Timothy Evans [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford [England] ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2001.
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1 online resource (xvi, 348 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0195137396
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: 019513740X
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: 0199747911
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: 1280473703
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: 1423746333
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: 1602569924
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: 6610473706
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: 9780195137392
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: 9780195137408
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: 9780199747917
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: 9781280473708
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: 9781423746331
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: 9781602569928
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: 9786610473700
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Health care financing: assessing its relationship to health equity / William C. Hsiao, Yuanli Liu -- Mexico: marginality, need, and resource allocation at the county level / Rafael Lozano ... (et al.) -- Vietnam: efficient, equity-oriented financial strategies for health / Pham Manh Hung ... (et al.) -- Developing the policy response to inequities in health: a global perspective / Margaret Whitehead.
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Introduction / Timothy Evans ... (et al.) -- Social basis of disparities in health / Finn Diderichsen, Timothy Evans, Margaret Whitehead -- Ethical dimensions of health equity / Fabienne Peter, Timothy Evans -- Health equity in a globalizing world / Lincoln C. Chen, Giovanni Berlinguer -- Measuring disparities in health: methods and indicators / Sudhir Anand ... (et al.) -- Health equity: perspectives, measurability, and criteria / Amartya Sen -- China: increasing health gaps in a transitional economy / Yuanli Liu ... (et al.) -- Japan: historical and current dimensions of health and health equity / Toshihiko Hasegawa -- United States: social inequality and the burden of poor health / Laura D. Kubzansky ... (et al.) -- Chile: socioeconomic differentials and mortality in a middle-income nation / Jeanette Vega ... (et al).
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Russia: socioeconomic dimensions of the gender gap in mortality / Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Mark G. Field, Evgueniy M. Andreev -- Tanzania: gaining insights into adolescent lives and livelihoods / Vinand M. Nantulya ... (et al.) -- Gender, health, and equity: intersetions / Piroska Ostlin, Asha George, Gita Sen -- South Africa: addressing the legacy of apartheid / Lucy Gilson, Di McIntyre -- Kenya: uncovering the social determinants of road traffic accidents / Vinand M. Nantulya, Florence Muli-Musiime -- Bangladesh: an intervention study of factors underlying increasing equity in child survival / Abbas Bhuiya ... (et al.) -- Sweden and Britain: the impact of policy context on inequities in health / Fin Diderichsen ... (et al.).
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| Abstract
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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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Health promotion-- Moral and ethical aspects, Cross-cultural studies, Congresses.
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Medical ethics-- Cross-cultural studies, Congresses.
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Public health-- Moral and ethical aspects, Cross-cultural studies, Congresses.
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Éthique médicale-- Études transculturelles-- Congrès.
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Promotion de la santé-- Aspect moral, Études transculturelles, Congrès.
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Santé publique-- Aspect moral-- Études transculturelles-- Congrès.
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Gesundheitsförderung
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Health Biological Sciences.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Diseases-- General.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Health Care Issues.
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Kulturvergleich
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MEDICAL-- Diseases.
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MEDICAL-- Health Care Delivery.
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MEDICAL-- Health Policy.
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MEDICAL-- Public Health.
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Medizinische Versorgung
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Public Health - General.
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Public health-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Public Health.
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Soziale Gerechtigkeit
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Internationality.
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Public Health.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Health Care Reform.
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Health Promotion.
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Health Services Research.
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Policy Making.
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Social Justice.
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Social Values.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.1
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| LC Classification
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RA422.C45 2001eb
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| NLM classification
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2001 I-796
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WA 30C437 2001
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| Added Entry
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Evans, Timothy, (Timothy G.)
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