The new public health : an introduction for the 21st century /
Countries around the world are engaged in health reform, which places great demands on health care providers and systems managers. From the managed care revolution in the United States to the rebuilding of health systems in post communist Russia, these reforms impact millions of health care workers,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Berlin] :
Elsevier,
©2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A history of public health
- Expanding the concept of public health
- Measuring and evaluating the health of a population
- Communicable diseases
- Noncommunicable conditions
- Family health
- Special community health needs
- Nutrition and food safety
- Environmental and occupational health
- Organization of public health systems
- Measuring costs: the economics of health
- Planning and managing health systems
- National health systems
- Human resources for health care
- Technology, quality, law and ethics
- Globalization of health
- Glossary
- Subject index.