A socially patterned epidemic of deaths of despair is a signal feature of American society in
the twenty-first century, involving rising mortality from substance use disorders and self-harm …

Socioeconomic differences in behaviour are pervasive and well documented, but their
causes are not yet well understood. Here, we make the case that a cluster of behaviours is …

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 …

The collapse of the Soviet Union was the most important historical event at the close of the
20th century. The jarring nature of this transition has resulted in large fluctuations in …

This new edition examines the economics of health care systems in a non-technical manner.
It is written in a highly accessible manner for economists and non-economists alike. It is very …

This textbook aims to provide students with a stimulating alternative to the textbooks
currently available by placing the discipline within the context of the social world and …

There is widespread recognition that globalization is changing the world around us, but so
far there has been no systematic analysis of how it is impacting on human health. Such …

Objectives: To provide a framework for epidemiological research on work and health that
combines classic occupational epidemiology and the consideration of work in a structural …

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 …

This paper examines the relationship between psychological distress, gender, and health
lifestyles in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. These countries have been …