Alderson, P; (2005) Generational inequalities. UK Health Watch , 7 pp. 47-52.

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Inequalities between older and younger generations affect health and can amplify analyses of other types of inequality (for example, Hutton 2003 on class and state, Chua 2003 on ethnicity). One dimension of the ‘war on terror’, for instance, is war waged by states with older populations against states with younger ones. The following examples, although described briefly, illustrate the actual or potential impact of age/generation inequalities on physical and mental health and wellbeing. Consideration of children’s needs and rights are often dismissed or silenced by opposing them to women’s needs and rights or by stressing adults’ generous and often lavish and responsible care for certain children. (Related arguments were once employed to dismiss women’s demands for equal rights with men.) While respecting the vital importance of women’s and men’s rights, and adults’ care for children, this article suggests that people’s rights need not necessarily be in opposition to each other and that greater equality between generations could benefit all age groups

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