Poor Health

by Virginia Berridge (Editor), Stuart Blume (Editor)

The 1980 Black Report by Sir Douglas Black has kept health inequalities at the forefront of the public health agenda. This volume explores the history and development of studies and concern over health inequalities especially in relation to the 1980 report.

244 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Virginia Berridge, FRHistS, HonFRCP, FAcSS is a British academic historian and public health expert. She is a Professor of History and Director of the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.