TY - BOOK AU - Wilkinson,Richard G. TI - Unhealthy societies: the afflictions of inequality SN - 0415092353 AV - RA418. W45 1996 U1 - 306.461 PY - 1996/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Social medicine KW - Income distribution KW - Health aspects KW - Equality N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index; List of illustrations --; Preface --; 1; Introduction: the social economy of health --; 2; Health becomes a social science --; 3; Rising life expectancy and the epidemiological transition --; 4; The problem of health inequalities --; 5; Income distribution and health --; 6; A small town in the USA, wartime Britain, Eastern Europe and Japan --; 7; An anthropology of social cohesion --; 8; The symptoms of disintegration --; 9; The psychosocial causes of illness --; 10; Baboons, civil servants and children's height --; 11; Social capital: putting Humpty together again --; Bibliography --; Name index --; Subject index ER -