Social factors leading to differences in health and health care: The influence of factors such as race/ethnicity, geography, and gender

Abstract

This chapter provides an introduction to Volume 28, The Impact of Demographics on Health and Health Care: Race, Ethnicity and Other Social Factors. This chapter introduces the topic of demographic factors leading to differences and disparities in health and health care by reviewing more recent literature within sociology addressing social factors leading to differences in health and health. This chapter also serves as an introduction to the volume. As such, the chapter explains the organization of the volume and briefly comments on each of the chapters included in the volume.

Citation

Jacobs Kronenfeld, J. (2010), "Social factors leading to differences in health and health care: The influence of factors such as race/ethnicity, geography, and gender", Jacobs Kronenfeld, J. (Ed.) The Impact of Demographics on Health and Health Care: Race, Ethnicity and Other Social Factors (Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 28), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-4959(2010)0000028003