Sociology A-Level
Health inequalities
What Health inequalities means in Sociology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Health inequalities
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Globalisation encompasses medical tourism and the migration of health workers, exacerbating health inequalities between the Global North and South.
Topics that use Health inequalities
- Health (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Globalisation and commodification
- Intersectionality
- inverse care law
- Labelling and stigma
- postcode lottery
- Power and medical dominance
- Social construction of health and illness
- Social constructionism
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