ABSTRACT
In the UK there is potent inequality. Within all areas of the country there is a gradient along income levels. Those with the most money have the healthiest, happiest, most secure lives with the most years of disease-free living and they live for longer. Those who are poorest live shorter lives with more disease and more burdens.
This chapter explores further:
The inverse care law and inequality theory.
Marginalised groups and the larger part of society outside of these groups whose health is affected by poverty.
How health inequalities result from the interactions between individuals failing to thrive, barriers to services and the social determinants of health.
How primary care can be both an enjoyable career and the thing that makes a difference in peoples’ lives.
