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Heart disease and social inequality: ethical issues in the aetiology, prevention and treatment of heart disease
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Heart disease is a complex condition that is a leading cause of death worldwide. It is often seen as a disease of affluence, yet is strongly associated with a gradient in socio-economic status. Its highly complex causality means that many different facets of social and economic life are implicated in its aetiology, including factors such as workplace hierarchy and agricultural policy, together with other well-known factors such as what passes for individual 'lifestyle'. The very untangling of...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Blackwell Publishing
- Journal:
- Bioethics More from this journal
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 123-130
- Publication date:
- 2009-02-01
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1467-8519
- ISSN:
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0269-9702
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English
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ora:3324
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2010-02-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Boddington, P
- Copyright date:
- 2009
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- The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Boddington, P. (2009). 'Heart disease and social inequality: ethical issues in the aetiology, prevention and treatment of heart disease', Bioethics, 23(2), 123-130. Copyright © 2009 The Author.
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