Scientific Research on Health Inequalities

From the Black Box to Poetic Fiction

Enrique Regidor (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

111 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-5726-6 (ISBN)

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Scientific research on health inequalities seeks a causal explanation for the higher frequency of diseases and the higher premature mortality in people of low social position, compared to those of high social position, at all times and places. This purpose raises doubts about the suitability of the facts analysed to reflect what has happened to human beings who inhabit or have inhabited the Earth. In this book, the author reviews the existing empirical evidence on the frequency of health problems and life span according to social position. And he reveals the assumptions and methodological limitations of scientific practice around this issue. The heterogeneity of findings suggests that the causal effect of social position on health is a chimera. It will be of great use to researchers and public health professionals interested in health promotion. It will raise numerous questions and concerns about the importance of beliefs in interpreting the facts analysed and in recommending interventions.

Enrique Regidor is epidemiologist at the Center for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health Network (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. He is the author of numerous empirical studies on the relationship between social position and health and on the evaluation of public health interventions on population health. He is also the author of essays in which he reflects on scientific practice and its limitations in identifying causal relationships. He considers the symbiosis between skepticism and empiricism, which asks questions again and again in search of findings contrary to the defended hypothesis, as the best alternative for the advancement of scientific knowledge. At the same time, he recognizes the enormous nature of this task since science is a human activity. And, as such, subjective judgments in the interpretation of facts and consensual truths without the support of empirical evidence are commonplace in science.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.09.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10	1-0364-5726-5 / 1036457265
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-5726-6 / 9781036457266
Zustand	Neuware