Brock Chisholm, the World Health Organization, and the Cold War /

"This is the story of a man and an institution. Brock Chisholm was one of the most influential Canadians of the twentieth century. A world-renowned psychiatrist, he was the first director-general of the World Health Organization, and built it up against overwhelming political odds in the years...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Farley, John, 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Chisholm, Brock, > 1896-1971.
Chisholm, Brock, > 1896-1971
Chisholm, Brock.
World Health Organization > History.
World Health Organization > history.
Organisation mondiale de la santé > Histoire.
World Health Organization
Weltgesundheitsorganisation
Geschichte 1946-1953
World health.
Public health > International cooperation.
Cold War.
Health services administrators > Canada > Biography.
International cooperation.
Public health.
War.
Global Health
Administrative Personnel > history
History, 20th Century
International Cooperation
Public Health
Armed Conflicts
Santé mondiale.
Santé publique > Coopération internationale.
Guerre froide.
Administrateurs de services de santé > Canada > Biographies.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Coopération internationale.
Santé publique.
Guerre.
public health.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
War
Public health
International cooperation
Health services administrators
Public health > International cooperation
World health
Canada
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • First steps, 1945-46
  • Who was Brock Chisholm?
  • Interim Commission, 1946-48: The long wait
  • First World Health assemblies: into the Cold War
  • Money matters
  • Politics matter
  • Social medicine and its decline
  • Tuberculosis: the vaccine controversy
  • Penicillin bullet: syphilis and yaws
  • Malaria and famine
  • Nearly torn apart: the WHO and the Catholic Church
  • Only one term
  • Retirement.

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