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Previous Volume 354:1329 March 23, 2006 Number 12

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By Richard G. Wilkinson. 355 pp. New York, New Press, 2005. $27.95. ISBN 1-56584-925-6.

In this thoughtful and provocative book, the social epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson uses the results of research on health differences to explore the effects of social and economic inequalities on individuals and societies. He contrasts the extraordinary technical advances and material successes of modern societies with their social failures. Wilkinson then helps the reader examine the evidence that inequality is socially corrosive and why it is so.

Wilkinson skillfully reviews the literature on socioeconomic inequalities worldwide and their effects on death rates, the quality of social relationships, levels of violence and trust, and the degree of involvement in community life. He . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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