Health and social justice: politics, ideology, and inequity in the distribution of disease/ Richard Hofrichter, editor.

"A public health reader"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The politics of health inequitites : contested terrain / Richard Hofrichter -- A society in delcine : the political, economic, and social determinants of health inequalities in the United States / Dennis Raphael -- Understanding and reducing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health / James S. House, David R. Williams -- Gender, health, and equity : the intersections / Piroska Östlin, Asha George, Gita Sen -- Getting a grip on the global economy : health outcomes and the decoding of development discourse / John Gershman, Alec Irwin, Aaron Shakow.-- The political context of social inequalities and health / Vincente Navarro, Leiyu Shi -- Income inequality and mortality : importance to health of individual income, psychosocial environment, or material conditions / John W. Lynch, George Davey Smith, George A. Kaplan, James S. House -- Zoning, equity, and public health / Juliana a. Maantay -- Changing structure of work in the United States : implications for health and welfare / Sarah Kuhn, John Wooding -- Public health as social justice / Dan E. Beauchamp. -- Social capital and the third way in public health / Charles Muntaner, John W. Lynch, George Davey Smith -- Measuring health inequalities : the politics of the World Health Report 2000 / Paula A. Braveman -- Assessing equity in health : conceptual criteria / Alexandra Bambas, Juan Antonio Casas -- Income inequality, social cohesion, and the health status of populations : the role of neo-liberalism / David Coburn -- Income inequality and health : expanding the debate / John W. Lynch -- Is capitalism a disease? The crisis in U.S. public health / Richard Levins. -- heorizing inequalitites in health : the place of lay knowledge / Jennie Popay, Gareth Williams, Carol Thomas, Anthony Gatrell -- Limitations of population health as a model for a new public health / Dennis Raphael, Toba Bryant -- Theories for social epidemiology in the twenty-first century : an ecosocial perspective / Nancy Krieger -- Toward the future : policy and community actions to promote population health / Dennis Raphael -- Globalization, trade, and health : unpacking the links and defining health public policy options / Ronald Labonte. -- Socioeconomic disparities in health in the United States : an agenda for action / Nancy E. Moss -- From science to policy : options for reducing health inequalities / Hilary Graham -- Addressing structural influences on the health of urban populations / Arline T. Geronimus -- Swimming upstream in a swift current : public health institutions and inequality / Rajiv Bhatia -- Minnesota's call to action : a starting point for advancing health equity through social and economic change / Gavin Kearney -- Role of mass media in creating social capital : a new direction for public health / Lawrence Wallack.