Individualisation and inequalities in health: A qualitative study of class identity and health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1355-1365

  Bolam, Bruce ^a   Murphy, Simon ^b   Gleeson, Kate ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Individualisation; Social class; Social identity; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIAL STATUS; WESTERN WORLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; JUSTICE; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 3042835967     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.018     Document Type: Article

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