Health policy implications of unemployment / edited by G. Westcott, P.-G. Svensson, H. F. K. Zöllner.
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TextPublication details: Copenhagen : WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1985. Description: 409 pISBN: 9289010290Subject(s): Unemployment | Health policy | Medical indigency | Stress, Psychological | Europe | Organization of Health Care and Social DevelopmentNLM classification: WA 30Abstract: A collection of 19 research reports and reviews focused on the health consequences of unemployment at individual, community, and national levels. Contributions represent the views of economists, sociologists, epidemiologists, psychologists, statisticians, mental health workers, and labour experts in seven European countries and the USA. The book opens with five densely referenced reviews summarizing the world literature on such questions as the effects of unemployment and recession on health, the association of unemployment with mental disorders, including suicidal behaviour, and the psychological impact of economic instability as experienced in England. More than 500 references are cited. The second and most extensive part of the book reports a range of new time series and cross-sectional studies designed to determine the precise health effects of unemployment.
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A collection of 19 research reports and reviews focused on the health consequences of unemployment at individual, community, and national levels. Contributions represent the views of economists, sociologists, epidemiologists, psychologists, statisticians, mental health workers, and labour experts in seven European countries and the USA. The book opens with five densely referenced reviews summarizing the world literature on such questions as the effects of unemployment and recession on health, the association of unemployment with mental disorders, including suicidal behaviour, and the psychological impact of economic instability as experienced in England. More than 500 references are cited. The second and most extensive part of the book reports a range of new time series and cross-sectional studies designed to determine the precise health effects of unemployment.
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