1. When all hope is lost.
- Author
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Hassan, Gerry
- Subjects
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LIFE expectancy , *MEN'S health , *DEINDUSTRIALIZATION , *PUBLIC health , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *WOMEN'S health , *UNIVERSITY faculty , *COLLEGE teachers ,SEX differences (Biology) - Abstract
Focuses on health in Scotland, in light of life expectancy figures for men in Shettleston, an East End district of Glasgow. The gender gap favoring Shettleston women; Factors contributing to ill-health in Scotland; Opinion of Glasgow University professor, Phil Hanlon, that socio-economic factors account for the "Scottish effect"; Impact of de-industrialization on health and the political implications; Effort of the Scottish Executive to connect with traditional working-class communities; View that there could be a political price for Labour's neglect of the Scottish effect.
- Published
- 2004