The Health Gap

02/23/2016
73 min
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There are obvious factors that influence how long a person or society can be expected to live – income, diet, and education, for example – and others that are more surprising. Did you know that the higher your rank in social and office hierarchy, the longer your life expectancy? Epidemiologist Sir Michael Marmot talks to neurosurgeon Henry Marsh about new evidence from around the world that has the potential to make us look afresh not only at health and societies, but also at ourselves.

An event from 2016 Jewish Book Week.

About the speakers

Henry Marsh

Henry Marsh is a retired neurosurgeon and the bestselling author of Do No Harm and Admissions. Both books were Sunday Times No. 1 bestsellers, and have been translated into over thirty languages.

Michael Marmot

Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. He is currently the Director of The UCL Institute of Health Equity. Marmot has led research groups on health inequalities for over thirty years, working for various international and governmental bodies.

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The Health Gap

02/23/2016
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73 min

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Henry Marsh

Henry Marsh is a retired neurosurgeon and the bestselling author of Do No Harm and Admissions. Both books were Sunday Times No. 1 bestsellers,...

Michael Marmot

Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. He is currently the Director of The UCL Institute of...