Title: Local government and inequalities in health /
Authors: Betts, Graeme, 1955-
Publisher: Avebury,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Politics; Health Services Accessibility; Health Policy; Community Health Services; Community health services Government policy Great Britain.; Medical policy Great Britain; Health services accessibility Great Britain; Local government Great Britain; United Kingdom
Abstract: Comments on the continued existence of inequalities in health and offers strategies for reducing them. The text addresses the issues of health maintenance and the reduction of inequalities from the perspective that local government should play the leading role.
Contents: 1. Inequalities in health in Britain -- 2. Theoretical perspectives on health and inequalities in health -- 3. Local authorities and the development of health services -- 4. Local authorities and health: recent developments -- 5. Survey of elderly people in a borough in south-east London -- 6. Reducing inequalities in health: a strategy for local authorities.