Benzeval M, Judge K, Smaje C
King's Fund Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Health Serv Res. 1995 Apr;30(1 Pt 2):163-77.
The concepts of class, race, and ethnicity figure prominently in health services research in Britain. Occupational class has been employed for nearly a century to investigate social inequalities in health and access to care. More recently, researchers have identified differences in health status and utilization between ethnic groups. This article examines how these constructs are defined in Britain and identifies some key research associated with them. It also draws attention to the considerable problems in using class and ethnicity to stratify the population. The authors conclude that a new approach that directly measures individuals' material and social resources needs to be developed.
在英国的卫生服务研究中，阶级、种族和民族的概念占据显著地位。职业阶层已被用于近一个世纪，以调查健康和医疗服务获取方面的社会不平等。最近，研究人员发现了不同种族群体在健康状况和医疗利用方面的差异。本文探讨了这些概念在英国是如何定义的，并确定了与之相关的一些关键研究。它还提请人们注意在使用阶级和种族对人群进行分层时存在的相当多的问题。作者得出结论，需要开发一种直接衡量个人物质和社会资源的新方法。
