Master thesis deals with vulnerabilities and inequalities in the access of the health system and other forms of help which may influence on the health of an individual and is presented on the examples included in the research of the vulnerability in the northeastern part of Slovenia. There is an analysis of circumstances which have an influence on life and health of the vulnerable groups.The author has stopped at the obstacles which have occured on the way to health and therefore connecting vulnerabilities. In the theoretical part the history of the public health in Slovenia is introduced and the beginning of the participation of anthropologists on this field is presented. Introduction of inequalities and vulnerabilities is the central theme of this work. The specific part is focused on poverty and health uninsurance of people, which are two main dimensions of vulnerability and vulnerable groups. Master thesis has concluded with the display of different vulnerabilities in the individual research environment with the focus on vulnerability, caused by age, healthstate, ethnical background and sex.
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