Biology and Health Inequality
Brunner E. Biology and health inequality. PLoS Biol. 2007 Oct 23;5(11):e267. PMID: 17958470
From the open-access journal PLoS - Biology. Includes a discussion of the mind-body problem applied to cardiovascular disease. From the introduction:
"Despite continued growth in the global economy, good health remains elusive for a large proportion of the world’s population. Health inequalities between rich and poor countries are based on historical patterns of development and exploitation that leave millions of people starved of basic material and social amenities. In those rich countries where absolute poverty is largely absent, continuing health inequality is more difficult to understand. The discipline of biology has an important contribution to make in this regard. Studying the pathways responsible for translating social differences into biological differences and chronic disease is an intrinsically challenging pursuit. It is also an ethically compelling application of life science."
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