Public health at the crossroads : achievements and prospects /

"This book is an introduction to public health as a discipline, and a critique of its recent development. Identifying poverty as the greatest continuing threat to health worldwide, the authors review epidemiological, demographic and public-health trends internationally, and argue that the prosp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beaglehole, R.
Otros Autores: Bonita, R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
World health.
Public health.
Epidemiology.
Medical policy.
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Health Policy
Santé mondiale.
Santé publique.
Épidémiologie.
Politique sanitaire.
public health.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Medical policy
Public health
World health
Gesundheitswissenschaften
Saúde mundial.
Saúde pública > Europa;estados unidos;japão;nova zelândia;china;cuba;áfrica;índia.
Epidemiologia.
Esperança de vida.
Serviços de saúde > Europa;estados unidos;japão;nova zelândia;china;cuba;áfrica;índia.
Sistemas locais de saúde.
Política de saúde.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine derived contents note: 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: ideas and methods
  • 5. The current state of epidemiology: achievements and limitations
  • 6. Challenges for epidemiology
  • Part III. Public Health: 7. Public health themes: historical and contemporary
  • 8. Public health organisation and practice in wealthy countries
  • 9. Public health organisation and practice in poor countries
  • 10. Public health at the crossroads
  • Index.

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