Class, inequalities and nursing practice
By: edited by Margaret Miers.
Contributors: Miers, Margaret.
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Houndmills,Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Social medicine -- Great Britain.; Nursing -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Description: "This book introduces students to the history of sociological explanations for socio-economic inequalities in health. It explains current interest in the importance of social capital, social support and social exclusion as well as material and lifestyle factors in socio-economic differences in health. It also encourages students and qualified nurses and other health care practitioners to make use of social science analysis and research findings in developing their own practice."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.