New book - Challenging Inequities in Health: From Ethics to Action
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A growing sense that health disparities are widening in many coun-
tries sparked the development of the book Challenging Inequities in
Health: From Ethics to Action (Ed. Evans, Whitehead, Diderichsen,
Bhuiya and Wirth, Oxford University Press 2001). This newly published
volume presents 21 chapters worth of cutting edge research and policy
analysis to a wide non specialist readership of students, profession-
als and decision-makers. It brings together in one volume new per-
spectives on the conceptual foundations of health equity, empirical
evidence on the scale and nature of the inequities in health in
twelve countries around the world, and assessments of the associated
policy developments and their implications for the future. Above all,
the volume takes the position that health equity is a matter of so-
cial justice.
The authors aim to help build global capacity to measure, monitor and
interpret developments in health equity at a national and interna-
tional level. The in depth country analyses draw on epidemiology, de-
mography, economics and other fields to approach health inequalities
from several different angles. The topics covered range from adoles-
cent livelihoods in Tanzania to the health burden of indigenous peo-
ples in Mexico, from health equity in Japan to the gender gap in life
expectancy in Russia. The book is a unique demonstration of global
cooperation in bringing together and giving equal weight to work on
health equity carried out in the southern and northern hemispheres.
To order a free copy of the Executive Summary (in English or French)
of the book consult the following web page:
http://www.rockfound.org/publications.html
Also on this website can be found an online copy of the Executive
Summary as well as four chapters from the book.
To order the book in English contact the nearest book store, Oxford
University Press (OUP) office or fax an order to +1-919-677-1303.
To order the book or the Executive Summary in Spanish, email PAHO at
<sales@paho.org>.
Plans are underway to translate the book into French as well. Please
consult http://www.rockfound.org/publications.html for updates on the
French publication.
Meg Wirth
Editor and Consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation
mailto:megwirth@hotmail.com
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