Patients with chronic medical illness have a high prevalence of major depressive illness.
Major depression may decrease the ability to habituate to the aversive symptoms of chronic …

Income is related to health in three ways: through the gross national product of countries, the
income of individuals, and the income inequalities among rich nations and among …

Why a thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this book about theories of disease
distribution, in past and present societal and ecological context? Because the lived realities …

Status, a form of inequality based on esteem, respect, and honor, pervades social life but is
poorly understood and underestimated in terms of significance. We offer a new look at status …

Background Studies have shown that exposure to the natural environment, or so-called
green space, has an independent effect on health and health-related behaviours. We …

Three perspectives on the efficacy of social capital have been explored in the public health
literature. A 'social support'perspective argues that informal networks are central to objective …

Background There is substantial evidence that lower objective socioeconomic status (SES)—
as measured by education, occupation, and income—is associated with a higher risk of …

I discuss mechanisms linking health and inequality and review evidence for effects of
income inequality on aggregate and individual mortality, over time and over space. I …

In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play
in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution …

In this ground-breaking book, Alan Prout discusses the place of children and childhood in
modern society. He critically examines' the new social studies of childhood', reconsidering …