There are many reasons for the health inequities that we see around the world today. Public policy and the way society organises its affairs affects the economic, social and physical factors that influence the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age - the social determinants of health. Tackling health inequities is a political issue that requires leadership, political cour...

The Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of Economics and Political Science was established in 1996, as PSSRU expanded from its original base (since 1974) at the University of Kent. Another branch was also established at the University of Manchester. At the LSE we are part of LSE Health and Social Care in the Social Policy Department. For further information about...

The major purpose of this discussion is to demonstrate that the knowledge base has suffered as a result of insufficient cross-fertilization of social-psychological and life course/aging perspectives. The central focus of the article is identification of research issues of interest to life course and aging scholars that would be enriched by increased attention to social-psychological principles ...