Dependency denied: Health inequalities in the neo-liberal era

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue C, 2014, Pages 173-180

  Peacock, Marian ^a   Bissell, Paul ^a   Owen, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourses; Health inequality; Neoliberalism; No legitimate dependency; Shame; Social comparison; United Kingdom; Women's lives

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INEQUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHAME; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; SALFORD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLITICS; POVERTY; SHAME; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84927160650     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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