Money Still Talks in Dead Reckoning; the Equation Looks Simple, but Tom Gordon Finds That the Experts See Scotland's Health Problems As More Complex Than Just Smoking and Poor Diet
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LIKE much of life, much of death comes down to money. The figures published by the Office of National Statistics yesterday confirm the long-held view among academics and clinicians that wealth equals health, and the poor and the poorly are all too often the same.
Although Scotland's economy has grown at broadly the same pace as in other parts of the UK, the distribution of wealth and health gains has not been even in society.See the full content of this document
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Money Still Talks in Dead Reckoning; the Equation Looks Simple, but Tom Gordon Finds That the Experts See Scotland's Health Problems As More Complex Than Just Smoking and Poor Diet
Dr Harry Burns, director of public health at NHS Greater Glasgow, said: "What we see is that health in Scotland is improving but it's improving for the rich faster than it's impr...
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