"Groundbreaking research has given us many remarkable new medicines, but America's drug evaluation process, once the envy of the world, is being seriously compromised. Under pressure from drugmakers, the FDA has been lowering its approval standards and has let poorly effective or risky products...

This study examines the effects of local cocaine and heroin prices, AIDS rates, and needle exchange programs on drug injection and needle sharing by adult male arrestees in 24 large U.S. cities during 1989 1995. Regressions that control for personal characteristics including income, fixed city...

We employ a standard identification strategy from the peer effects literature to investigate the importance of network definitions in estimation of endogenous peer effects. We use detailed information on friends in the Adolescent Longitudinal Health Survey (Add Health) to construct two network...

Soziale Netzwerke und gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten -- Theorien und Grundlagen -- Methodische Ansätze zur Untersuchung gesundheitlicher Ungleichheiten aus der Netzwerkperspektive -- Die Lebenslaufperspektive -- Horizontale und vertikale Dimensionen sozialer Ungleichheit -- Diskussion und Ausblick

"Presents a unique view of social problems and conflicts over urban space from the cab of an ambulance.While we imagine ambulances as a site for critical care, the reality is far more complicated. Social problems, like homelessness, substance abuse, and the health consequences of poverty, are...

"This volume presents a range of research approaches to the exploration of ageing during a pandemic situation. One of the first collections of its kind, it offers an array of studies employing research methodologies that lend themselves to replication in similar contexts by those seeking to...

"The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness is a multidisciplinary reference book that brings together cutting-edge health and illness topics from around the globe. It offers a range of theoretical and critical perspectives to provide contemporary insights into...

"Drawing on anthropology, sociology and epidemiology, this multidisciplinary book investigates how pharmaceuticals are produced, distributed, prescribed, and consumed in order to construct a comprehensive understanding of the issues that drive medicine markets in the Global South today....

The present article identifies how social determinants of health raise two categories of philosophical problems that also fall within the smaller domain of ethics; one set pertains to the philosophy of epidemiology, and the second set pertains to the philosophy of health and social justice....

I explore the relationship between the distribution of adult heights and the distribution of income. It has previously been argued (a) that average adult height may depend negatively on income inequality; (b) that some measure of inequality in adult heights is informative about inequality in...

"Murtin examines the long-term causes of health improvements over the last two centuries. Focusing on the relative importance of income and education, Murtin finds that education alone accounts for the bulk of health improvements since 1870, and explains the strong correlation between longevity...

Murtin examines the long-term causes of health improvements over the last two centuries. Focusing on the relative importance of income and education, Murtin finds that education alone accounts for the bulk of health improvements since 1870, and explains the strong correlation between longevity...

We employ a standard identification strategy from the peer effects literature to investigate the importance of network definitions in estimation of endogenous peer effects. We use detailed information on friends in the Adolescent Longitudinal Health Survey (Add Health) to construct two network...

We employ a standard identification strategy from the peer effects literature to investigate the importance of network definitions in estimation of endogenous peer effects. We use detailed information on friends in the Adolescent Longitudinal Health Survey (Add Health) to construct two network...

Nach jahrelanger Recherche auf fünf Kontinenten haben zwei junge Epidemiologen ihre haarsträubenden Ergebnisse zu einem provokanten und dringlichen Pamphlet zusammengefasst: Es beweist, dass die aktuelle Sparpolitik nicht nur ökonomisch widersinnig agiert, sondern eine nicht wieder...

Arbeitsplatzbezogene Ängste führen oft zu Langzeitarbeitsunfähigkeit und Frühberentung und verursachen hohe Kosten. Diagnostik und Therapie sind schwierig und erfordern spezielle Kenntnisse. Das Werk gibt einen Überblick über das Thema unter Einbezug der Arbeitspsychologie und -medizin,...

In recent years, economic research on the socio-economic determinants of health has significantly grown given the importance of health for individual wellbeing. Most of the work up to now has focused on the effects of individual socio-economic conditions, whereas, more recently, the view that...

This study examines the effects of local cocaine and heroin prices, AIDS rates, and needle exchange programs on drug injection and needle sharing by adult male arrestees in 24 large U.S. cities during 1989 1995. Regressions that control for personal characteristics including income, fixed city...

"Societies make decisions and take actions that profoundly impact the distribution of health. Why and how should collective choices be made, and policies implemented, to address health inequalities under conditions of resource scarcity? How should societies conceptualize and measure health...