Download or read book Understanding Health Inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand written by Kevin Dew and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quick-fix solutions to health inequalities are unlikely to be found in complex modern societies. Class or socio-economic status, gender, ethnicity and physical location all play their part in determining our chances of maintaining good health and securing good health care. This wide-ranging discussion by community leaders and workers, policy-makers and implementers, epidemiologists, public health researchers, economists, sociologists, an historian and medical professionals addresses how health inequalities arise and provides ways of understanding and resolving them.