Class Inequality and Health Care

The book, originally published in 1980 argues that the politics of health go deeper than administrators will readily admit, and that examination of the links between illness nd the structure of class relations in Britain is essential if patterns of illness are to be adequately explained.

Introduction. Lines from The Stammerer's Complaint 1. Emergence of the Problem 2. A New Profession 3. Notions of Causality 4. Irregularities of the Peripheral Speech Organs 5. Neurological and Psychological Influences 6. Therapeutic Practices 7. Medicine and Surgery 8. Didactic Techniques ad Remedial Aids.