Mapping injustice, visualizing equity: Why theory, metaphors and images matter in tackling inequalities

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 256-258

  Krieger, N ^a   Dorling, D ^b   McCartney, G ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Geography; Image; Inequality; Inequity; Metaphor; Public Health; Social Justice; Theory

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; IMAGE DISPLAY; LIFESTYLE; LITERATURE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORY;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858158071     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.028     Document Type: Article

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