Beyond 'beer, fags, egg and chips'? Exploring lay understandings of social inequalities in health

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-23

  Popay, Jennie ^a   Bennett, Sharon ^b   Thomas, Carol ^a   Williams, Gareth ^c   Gatrell, Anthony ^a   Bostock, Lisa ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area effects; Health inequalities; Individual behaviour; Lay knowledge; Moral identity; Structural factors

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037804722     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.t01-1-00322     Document Type: Review

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