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Case studies in public health /
Case Studies in Public Health contains selected case studies of some of the most important and influential moments in medicine and epidemiology. The cases chosen for this collection represent a wide array of public health issues that go into the makeup of what can be termed the New Public Health (NP...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, CA :
Academic Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Case Studies in Public Health; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; About the Author; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 James Lind and Scurvy; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 2 Edward Jenner, Vaccination and Eradication of Smallpox; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 3 From Panum to Eradication of Measles; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues.
- Economic IssuesConclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 4 Semmelweiss, Crede, Lister, and Nightingale: Pioneers in Controlling Hospital Infections; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 5 John Snow, Cholera, the Broad Street Pump; Waterborne Diseases Then and Now; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 6 Pasteur on Microbes and Infectious Diseases.
- BackgroundCurrent Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 7 Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich: Criteria of Causation of Disease and Chemotherapy as Magic Bullets Background; Robert Koch; Paul Ehrlich and Magic Bullets Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 8 Bismarck and the Long Road to Universal Health Coverage; Background; National Health Systems; Germany: The Bismarckian System.
- The United Kingdom: The Beveridge SystemCanada: National Health Insurance; Reform Pressures and Initiatives; The United States: Public-Private Health System; US Medicare and Medicaid; The Changing US Health Care Environment; Social Inequities; Health Information; US Health Targets; Summary of the US Health System; Russian Federation: The Semashko Model; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 9 Joseph Goldberger, Pellagra, and Nutritional Epidemiology; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues.
- Economic IssuesConclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 10 Endemic Goiter and Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 11 Elmer McCollum and Edward Mellanby: Vitamin D and Cod Liver Oil for Prevention of Rickets and Osteoporosis; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 12 Norman Gregg and Congenital Rubella Syndrome.