I also agree, and would be interested in knowng what work is going on to
address this.
Ana Natale-Pereira, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Academic Medicine, Geriatrics, and Community Programs
Medical Director
Focus Community Health Center
449 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
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973-972-0984 Fax
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Coming to this from a structural health & social change perspective, I
absolutely agree with you - do you know of any work being done in this
area?
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From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Barbara Starfield
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Subject: Re: [SDOH] Discussion paper on Class and Health in NEJM
The MOST ignored determinant of health, however, is what is never
addressed---societal determinants in the form of policies, laws, and
regulations. It's time we started to think about populations rather
than individuals as the object of our attention!
Barbara Starfield, MD
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Alex Clark
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 1:22 PM
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Subject: [SDOH] Disussion paper on Class and Health in NEJM
Useful paper on class and health in the US from the latest addition of
theNew England Journal of Medicine
Issacs, SL and Schroeder SA (2004) Class - The Ignored Determinant of
the Nation's Health. New England Journal of Medicine 351: 1137-1142
See link:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/11/1137?query=TOC
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University of Alberta
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