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romanibinbin's review
Though the author tries to present compelling evidence that a person's position in the social hierarchy, even in affluent countries, can have significant impacts on their health and lifespan, but it is way too verbose in places. And many points the author argue is actually very intuitive.
actovgod's review
3.0
Well, it's an interesting idea to connect social status with one's health and not in the basic way of just seeing the connection between it in the amount of money one has, one's hygiene or ability to get better medical attention. The author believes that even more important for one's health is one's autonomy over his-/her-own life and one's involvement in social activities. The higher the status, the higher are rates of autonomy and social relationships. The author wanted to tell the readers everything he knows and that's really a lot and there are quite a lot of other research mentioned, so it's a great book to start with if you are interested in this topic or medicinal sociology. However, it's a bit boring and repetitive.
cheuksin's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
2.25
Definitely now it’s kinda outdated, and I would recommend reading the Health Gap instead
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