Relationship between social class and health
Prior to 1980, it was generally assumed that Britain was turning into an egalitarian society (Wilkinson, 1986:1). With the introduction of the NHS in 1948 and the increase in protective and regulatory legislations (Wilkinson, 1986), the predominant impression was that class divisions and socioeconomic inequalities were no longer of significance (Bartley, 2004). However, it became […]