Michael Marmot: 3 books
The Status Syndrome
How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Based on decades of his own research, a pioneering epidemiologist reveals the surprising factors behind who lives longer and why
You probably didn't realize that when you graduated from college you increased your lifespan, or that your co-worker who has a master's degree is more likely to live...
The Health Gap
The Challenge of an Unequal World
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three. The same twenty-year avoidable disparity exists in the Calton and Lenzie neighborhoods of Glasgow, and...
by Geoffrey Rose, Kay-Tee Khaw, Michael Marmot
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2008
The Strategy of Preventive Medicine, by Geoffrey Rose, first published in 1993 remains a key text for anyone involved in preventive medicine. Rose's insights into the inextricable relationship between ill health, or deviance, in individuals and populations they come from, have transformed our whole...