Challenging inequities in health: from ethics to action.

Foreword PART I: ESTABLISHING VALUES 1. Challenging Health Inequities: An Introduction 2. The Social Basis of Disparities in Health 3. Ethical Dimensions of Health Equity 4. Health Equity in a Globalizing World PART II: ASSESSING AND ANALYZING THE HEALTH DIVIDE Introduction to Part II 5. Measuring Disparities in Health: Methods and Indicators 6. The Fundamental Challenges of Measurement and Perceptions in Health Equity 7. China: Increasing Health Gaps in a Transitional Economy 8. Japan: Historical and Current Dimensions of Health and Health Equity 9. United States: Social Inequality and the Burden of Poor Health 10. Chile: Socioeconomic Differentials and Mortality in Middle-Income Nations 11. Russia: Socioeconomic Dimensions of the Gender Gap in Mortality 12. Tanzania: Gaining Insights into Adolescent Lives…