Health inequalities: lifecourse approaches

Edited by George Davey Smith. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2003, pp 548. ISBN 1-86134-322-1 This weighty and impressive collection describes and critically assesses the development of lifecourse approaches to understanding health inequalities over the past two decades. In part, these approaches reflect the revival of interest in early years’ influences on adult health and mortality. However, this book goes much further, showcasing …