Taking an Anti–Health Inequity Approach to Counter the Unfair Burden of Poor Health

In the 1990s Margaret Whitehead defined health inequities-often referred to in the United States as "health disparities"-as health differences that are avoidable, unnecessary, and unjust.1 More recent work (e.g., by Braveman2) has done much to sharpen our understanding of why we need speci...

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