Unusual aetiology of a hilar mass in a man with history of thyroid cancer
Journal
The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology
ISSN
0040-6376
1468-3296
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Kate E. Pickett
Richard G. Wilkinson
MACARENA RODRIGUEZ VIAL
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
Abstract
<p>Child well-being is important for lifelong health and well-being. Although there is evidence linking social determinants of health (eg, relative poverty and income inequality) to child well-being, social and public health policy tends to focus on interventions to mitigate their effects, rather than remove the root causes. Children born into socioeconomically disadvantaged families suffer worse child well-being and its lifelong implications, in all societies, worldwide. However, some societies are able to mitigate these inequalities and create better average child well-being and smaller gaps between rich and poor children. This success has less to do with specific welfare policies or targeted interventions for poor children than to a societal commitment to greater equality.</p>