Public Health at the Crossroads

Achievements and Prospects

Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

261 Seiten

1997
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-58665-8 (ISBN)

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Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita

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Provides an overview of major health trends, summarizes the current state of the world's health, and examines the pattern of modern epidemics, the impact of disability, and the causes of premature death in rich and poor countries alike, with examples drawn from diverse geographical and medical areas.

This book, at once an introduction to public health as a discipline and a critique of its development over recent times, reviews epidemiological and demographic trends internationally. It provides an overview of major health trends, summarizes the current state of the world's health, and examines the pattern of modern epidemics, the impact of disability, and the causes of premature death in rich and poor countries alike, with examples drawn from diverse geographical and medical areas.

Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I. Global Health: 1. Health, disease and the health transition; 2. Global health: past trends and present challenges; 3. Contemporary global health issues; Part II. Epidemiology: 4. Evolution of epidemiology; 5. The current state of epidemiology; 6. Challenges for epidemiology; Part III. Public Health: 7. Public health themes; 8. Public health organization and practice in wealthy countries; 9. Public health organization and practice in poor countries; 10. Public health at the crossroads.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.5.1997
Zusatzinfo	14 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10	0-521-58665-8 / 0521586658
ISBN-13	978-0-521-58665-8 / 9780521586658
Zustand	Neuware