Journal
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Volume 147, Issue -, Pages 121-125Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.052
Keywords
Complexity; Culture; Health; Inequality; Social determinants; Wellbeing
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The impact of inequality on health is gaining more attention as public and political concern grows over increasing inequality. The income inequality hypothesis, which holds that inequality is detrimental to overall population health, is especially pertinent. However the emphasis on inequality can be challenged on both empirical and theoretical grounds. Empirically, the evidence is contradictory and contested; theoretically, it is inconsistent with our understanding of human societies as complex systems. Research and discussion, both scientific and political, need to reflect better this complexity, and give greater recognition to other social determinants of health. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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