| Description |
1 online resource (290 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Front cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables, figures and boxes; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; One: Introduction: Local Health Inequalities in an Age of Austerity; Two: Austerity Then and Now; Three: Placing Health in Austerity; Four: How the Other Half Live; Five: Divided Lives; Six: Minding the Gap; Seven: Mothers in Austerity; Eight: Conclusion: Health in Hard Times; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
Health in hard times is a vital and important review of the impact of austerity on the wellbeing of the UK. Case studies from Stockton-on-Tees, home to some of the starkest health divides, are combined with a holistic review of the repercussions of budget cuts and welfare reforms to provide a portrait of inequalities in the country's health today. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Public health -- England -- Stockton-on-Tees.
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Public health. |
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England -- Stockton-on-Tees. |
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Social status -- England -- Stockton-on-Tees.
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Social status. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bambra, Clare. Health in Hard Times : Austerity and Health Inequalities. Bristol : Policy Press, ©2019 |
| ISBN |
9781447344865 |
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1447344863 |
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