Shrinking Poor White Life Spans: Class, Race, and Health Justice.
An absolute decline in US life expectancy in low education whites has alarmed policy makers and attracted media attention. Depending on which studies are correct, low education white women have lost between 3 and 5 years of lifespan; men, between 6 months and 3 years. Although absolute declines in l...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 18; no. 10; pp. 3 - 15 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2018
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