: S. W. A. Gunn, P. B. Mansourian, A. M. Davies, A. Piel, B. McA Sayers
: P.B. Mansourian
: Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health
: Springer-Verlag
: 9780387241036
: 1
: CHF 85.30
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: Allgemeines
: English
: 304
: Wasserzeichen/DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: PDF

-The editor and his contributors are prestigious in the global health community, many holding positions as affiliated with the World Health Organization. Also, Gunn is a head of the Society for Humanitarian Medicine.

-Will appeal as a high level policy book in public health and health courses.
Foreword5
Contents7
Introduction10
Section I Fundamentals13
Chapter 1 A Brief History of Advances Toward Health14
Chapter 2 The Health, Poverty, and Development Merry-Go-Round26
Chapter 3 Old and New Pestilences45
Chapter 4 Value Systems and Healthcare Ethics65
Chapter 5 World Health78
Section II Systems92
Chapter 6 Health Policies versus Public Policies93
Chapter 7 A Medicine Based on Evidence111
Chapter 8 The Promise of Technology128
Chapter 9 Critical Inquiries on Technology Utilization140
Chapter 10 Therapeutic Patient Education for Chronic Diseases154
Section III The Dynamics164
Chapter 11 The Humanitarian Imperativein Major Health Crises and Disasters165
Chapter 12 Dealing with Global Infectious Disease Emergencies175
Chapter 13 Knowledge-Based Methodologies in the Health Sector188
Chapter 14 Food Safety: A Pressing Public-Health and Economic Issue204
Chapter 15 Future Health in an Ageing World218
Section IV The Controversies234
Chapter 16 Disease and Health in the Cultural Context235
Chapter 17 Global Issues and Health Interactions244
Chapter 18 The Coming Storm256
Chapter 19 Education, Understanding, and Eudaemonia269
Postscript: The Present and the Future of Global Health283
Index293