The Health Gap

Splendid and necessary -- Henry Marsh, author of 'Do No Harm' New Statesman Marmot's important study shows that - in every culture - our happiness and health are closely related to the place we occupy in the status hierarchy, and that that the key to status is our occupation Guardian, on Status Syndrome Bubbling with findings, discreetly illuminated by the light of social justice, written considerately for ordinary readers ... Packed with ideas that should have been coursing through public debate for years Independent, on Status Syndrome Michael Marmot was one of the most impressive people I worked with in my time as Health Secretary. He points out, with patience and precision, that there is nothing inevitable about health inequalities. This important book is a rarity - an astute academic analysis that entertains as much as it informs Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP Michael Marmot reveals that the average person would have eight extra years of healthy life if they had the same opportunities as the richest in our society ... It's time to stop seeing health as a matter of lifestyle choice and start campaigning for justice - for all our sakes Observer The animating idea behind Marmot's life work is that social injustice is bad for our health. His research over the years has generated a catalogue of shocking headline findings, which are collected in this book to devastating effect ... But Marmot is no doom-monger. Quite the opposite ... this is a fundamentally optimistic book Independent A vitally important book Literary Journal Dr. Marmot weaves a masterful treatise on world financial and trade policy New York Journal of Books