One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance /

In One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance, Dr. Kahn investigates the use of antibiotics and the surge in antimicrobial resistance in food animals and humans from a One Health perspective. Although the medical community has blamed the problem on agricultural practices, the agricultur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kahn, Laura H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
One Health (Initiative)
Drug resistance.
politics.
Cooperation internationale.
Politique.
Volailles.
Micro-organismes > Resistance aux medicaments.
Resistance aux medicaments.
international cooperation.
poultry.
livestock.
Drug Resistance
International Cooperation
Politics
Poultry
Livestock
Drug Resistance, Microbial
International cooperation.
Politics, Practical.
Poultry.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance, Dr. Kahn investigates the use of antibiotics and the surge in antimicrobial resistance in food animals and humans from a One Health perspective. Although the medical community has blamed the problem on agricultural practices, the agricultural community insists that antibiotic resistance is the result of indiscriminate use of antibiotics in human medicine. Dr. Kahn argues that this blame game has fueled the politics of antibiotic resistance and hindered the development of effective policies to address the worsening crisis. Combining painstaking research with unprecedented access to international data, the book analyzes the surprising outcomes of differing policy approaches to antibiotic resistance around the globe. By integrating the perspectives of both medicine and agriculture and exploring the history and science behind the widespread use of growth-promoting antibiotics, One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance examines the controversy in a unique way while offering policy recommendations that all sides can accept.--COVER.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9781421420059

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