Blane, David; Brunner, Eric; Wilkinson, Richard

'An impressively broad array of superb evidence illustrating the wide variety of "social" influences on numerous aspects of health and illness.' - British Medical Journal'This volume is refreshing as a text which puts health - rather than medical services or the NHS - at the heart of heath policy...offers a wealth of data and a sophisticated level of debate.' - Sociology of Health and Illness'A useful and timely book...strongly recommended as a contemporary source in the subject.' - Journal of Public Health Medicine

• List of figures, List of tables, Contributors, Preface, 1 The evolution of public health policy: an anglocentric view of the last fifty years, Part I The policy problem, Part II Environment and economic growth, Part III The family and life course, Part IV Work and the labour market, Part V Policy integration, Index

Blane, David; Brunner, Eric; Wilkinson, Richard

'An impressively broad array of superb evidence illustrating the wide variety of "social" influences on numerous aspects of health and illness.' - British Medical Journal'This volume is refreshing as a text which puts health - rather than medical services or the NHS - at the heart of heath policy...offers a wealth of data and a sophisticated level of debate.' - Sociology of Health and Illness'A useful and timely book...strongly recommended as a contemporary source in the subject.' - Journal of Public Health Medicine

• List of figures, List of tables, Contributors, Preface, 1 The evolution of public health policy: an anglocentric view of the last fifty years, Part I The policy problem, Part II Environment and economic growth, Part III The family and life course, Part IV Work and the labour market, Part V Policy integration, Index