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Want to improve the nation's health? Start by reducing inequalities and improving living conditions

  • Written by Fran Baum, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, Foundation Director, Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity, Flinders University
imageAcross Australia, low-income people lose about six years of life compared to their better-off compatriots. TK Kurikawa/Shutterstock

The 56th Boyer Lecture Series, exploring the social determinants of health, starts tonight. Over four lectures and four weeks, the World Medical Association president, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, will explore the...

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