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"""An invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health"" -New England Journal of MedicineAN ESSENTIAL WORK ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, NOW UPDATED AND EXPANDEDThis newly revised edition of the classic text is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for understanding and addressing the profound impacts of social injustice on public health. Across chapters from experts in health and medicine, readers learn to recognize both the threads of inequity and the health impacts they produce. The result is illuminating and essential reading for students and professionals in public health. Enriched with photographs and case examples and featuring contributions from the luminaries whose work helped define the field, Social Injustice and Public Health is a foundational text for understanding and addressing today's biggest challenges in health."

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The book is packed full of data, rich with details, and organized into four key sections ... [it] is an important reference that fills a need in the field. * Kim A Logio, PhD, Doodys *

The book is packed full of data, rich with details, and organized into four key sections ... [it] is an important reference that fills a need in the field. -- Kim A Logio, PhD, Doodys

. ..a useful contribution to a critical field of public health. --International Journal of Epidemiology . ..an invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health...It should be widely read by policymakers and practitioners looking for a passionate and scholarly review of societal changes that would avert enormous suffering. --New England Journal of Medicine .,. an invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health...It should be widely read by policymakers and practitioners looking for a passionate and scholarly review of societal changes that would avert enormous suffering. --New England Journal of Medicine Social Injustice and Public Health manages to meld the substance of an invaluable textbook with the feel of a good read. --California Nurse .,. an invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health...It should be widely read by policymakers and practitioners looking for a passionate and scholarly review of societal changes that would avert enormous suffering. --New England Journal of Medicine Social Injustice and Public Health manages to meld the substance of an invaluable textbook with the feel of a good read. --California Nurse .,. a useful contribution to a critical field of public health. --International Journal of Epidemiology ., . an invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health...It should be widely read by policymakers and practitioners looking for a passionate and scholarly review of societal changes that would avert enormous suffering. --New England Journal of Medicine Social Injustice and Public Health manages to meld the substance of an invaluable textbook with the feel of a good read. --California Nurse , .. an invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health...It should be widely read by policymakers and practitioners looking for a passionate and scholarly review of societal changes that would avert enormous suffering. --New England Journal of Medicine Social Injustice and Public Health manages to meld the substance of an invaluable textbook with the feel of a good read. --California Nurse .,. an invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health...It should be widely read by policymakers and practitioners looking for a passionate and scholarly review of societal changes that would avert enormous suffering. --New England Journal of Medicine Social Injustice and Public Health manages to meld the substance of an invaluable textbook with the feel of a good read. --California Nurse ... an invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health...It should be widely read by policymakers and practitioners looking for a passionate and scholarly review of societal changes that would avert enormous suffering. --New England Journal of Medicine Social Injustice and Public Health manages to meld the substance of an invaluable textbook with the feel of a good read. --California Nurse

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Barry S. Levy, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine and a past president of the American Public Health Association, has had extensive experience in public health practice, education, research, and consulting in the United States and many other countries. He has written more than 200 articles and book chapters on a wide range of public health subjects and has co-edited 19 other books.

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