Risk Analysis: Infections and inequalities in a globalizing era

Author: Henry Cassis   Farmer Paul  

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd

ISSN: 1461-7072

Source: Development, Vol.42, Iss.4, 1999-12, pp. : 31-34

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Abstract

Cassis Henry and Paul Farmer argue that the promise of increasing opportunity and inclusion in the ‘medical lifeboat’ remains unrealized for many. They examine the mechanisms by which social inequalities sculpt the contours of modern epidemics.Development (1999) 42, 31–34. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1110079