Objectives To examine existing definitions of health and health inequalities and to
synthesise the most useful of these using explicit rationale and the most parsimonious text …

The persistent and universal nature of oral health inequalities presents a significant
challenge to oral health policy makers. Inequalities in oral health mirror those in general …

This book is intended to be a theoretical contribution to the sociology of the body and the
rapidly expanding field of 'body studies'. In what follows I examine the changing status of the …

Disabled people experience profound discrimination and social disadvantage, but this has
not generated substantial interest among mainstream sociologists. Barnes, Mercer and …

Winner of the British Academy Peter Townsend Prize for 2013 How do men and women get
by in times and places where opportunities for standard employment have drastically …

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the
study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional …

The WHO Regional Office for Europe is one of six regional offices throughout the world,
each with its own programme geared to the particular health problems of the countries it …

Objective To determine whether insulating existing houses increases indoor temperatures
and improves occupants' health and wellbeing. Design Community based, cluster, single …

Physiotherapy is arriving at a critical point in its history. Since World War I, physiotherapy
has been one of the largest allied health professions and the established provider of …

Poverty reduction strategy papers represent both a primary policy device of international
development institutions, and an instance of a wider international convergence of public …