Tackling Causes and Consequences of Health Inequalities A Practical Guide

• Main Authors: Matheson, James, Patterson, John, Neilson, Laura
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milton CRC Press 2020; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Health services accessibility; Health status indicators; Medical policy; MEDICINEnetBASE; Primary Health Care & Family Practice; Public health; SCI-TECHnetBASE; Social status; STMnetBASE; Glasgow City; COPD Patient; Oral Morphine Equivalency; Early Service Leavers; Honour Based Violence; UK Country; UK Guidance; Tackle Health Inequalities; Ace Score; UK Arm Force; GP Curriculum; UK Census Data; UK Medical School; Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapies; BAME Community; UK Social Security; UKCAT; Successful Quit Attempt; Crack Cocaine; Nice Guidance; SRH Service; UK Health Policy; Medical Legal Partnerships; Fuel Poverty; Young Carers
• ISBN: 1138499889; 9781138499881; 9781138499867; 1138499862
• DOI: 10.1201/9781351013918

Addressing health inequalities is a key focus for health and social care organizations, yet this is the first book to explore how best frontline health workers in areas of deprivation can address these problems. Aimed at doctors and their wider multidisciplinary teams, this book provides key knowledge and practical advice on how to address the causes and consequences of health inequalities to achieve better outcomes for patients. Considering the psychological, financial and social aspects of well-being as well as health concerns, this book offers a concise but comprehensive overview of the key issues in health inequalities and, most importantly, how practically to address them. Key Features Comprehensively covers the breadth of subjects identified by RCGP's work to formulate a curriculum for health inequalities The first book to address the urgent area of causes and consequences of health inequalities in clinical practice. Chapters are authored by expert practitioners with proven experience in each aspect of health care. Applied, practical focus, demonstrating approaches that will work and can be applied in 'every' situation of inequality. Provides evidence of how community based primary care can make a change.