What do the British public think of inequality in health, wealth, and power?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue , 2019, Pages 198-206

  Howarth, David ^a   Marteau, Theresa M ^b   Coutts, Adam P ^a   Huppert, Julian L ^c   Pinto, Pedro Ramos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c JESUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptions of inequality; Economic inequality; Health inequality; Political inequality; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EQUITY; POLITICAL POWER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC OPINION; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCOME; POLITICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85059958197     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.01.006     Document Type: Article

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