Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J H Robb.
In 1978, the Italian Parliament passed legislation setting into motion a process of reforming the national health services. The implementation of this legislation is incomplete and has varied both regionally and in different parts of the system. The legislation is summarized, the implementation outlined and an attempt is made to relate the problems that have arisen to other aspects of Italian society.
Recent evidence on differential rates of smoking between various social groups and over time is reviewed. It is suggested that some of these variations can be explained if smoking (together with certain other forms of behaviour) is regarded as an 'anticipatory rite of passage' used by subordinate social groups to demonstrate an approaching, or hoped-for, improvement in status. Some implications of this view for health education programmes are considered.
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