Why Are Some People Healthy and Others Not?

by Morris L. Barer, Robert G. Evans, Theodore R. Marmor

Book Overview

Each topical chapter in this volume crystallizes the findings of a five-year study, under the auspices of the Population Health Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, that probed the links between social hierarchy, the 'macroenvironmental' factors in illness patterns, the quality of the 'microenvironmental, ' and other determinants of health. In its aggregate, this volume will prove essential to an understanding of the underlying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202304906
• ISBN13: 9780202304908
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The gold-standard on determinants of Population Health

In the tradition of Dubos, McKeown, and Geoffrey Rose - but goes further and draws on recent data. By multiple authors. The early chapters make for exhilarating reading. "Producing Health, Consuming Health Care" by Evans and Stoddard in particular will be heavily cited for years to come. Later chapters, on implications for policy, come as a bit of a let down. Ultimately, the book is at its strongest in its account of what produces health but isn't as satisfying in its discussions of repercussions for practice.