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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814698303321

Titolo

Public health and social justice / / Martin Donohoe, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , c2013

ISBN

1118223098

9781118223093

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxviii, 626 pages)

Collana

A Jossey-Bass reader.

Classificazione

498.04

WA 30

362.1

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Public Health

Socioeconomic Factors

Environmental Health - methods

Health Education

Health Status Disparities

Social Justice

Collected Work

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Human rights, social justice, economics, poverty, and health care -- pt. 2. Special populations -- pt. 3. Women's health -- pt. 4. Obesity, tobacco, and suicide by firearms : the modern epidemics -- pt. 5. Food : safety, security, and disease -- pt. 6. Environmental health -- pt. 7. War and violence -- pt. 8. Corporations and public health -- pt. 9. Achieving social justice in health care through education and activism.

Sommario/riassunto

Praise for Public Health and Social Justice "This compilation unifies ostensibly distant corners of our broad discipline under the common pursuit of health as an achievable, non-negotiable human right. It goes beyond analysis to impassioned suggestions for moving closer to the vision of health equity." -Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Kolokotrones University Professor and chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; co-founder, Partners In Health "This superb book is the best work yet concerning the relationships between



public health and social justice." -Howard Waitzkin, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico "This book gives public health professionals, researchers and advocates the essential knowledge they need to capture the energy that social justice brings to our enterprise." -Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, the City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College "The breadth of topics selected provides a strong overview of social justice in medicine and public health for readers new to the topic." -William Wiist, DHSc, MPH, MS, senior scientist and head, Office of Health and Society Studies, Interdisciplinary Health Policy Institute, Northern Arizona University "This book is a tremendous contribution to the literature of social justice and public health." -Catherine Thomasson, MD, executive director, Physicians for Social Responsibility "This book will serve as an essential reference for students, teachers and practitioners in the health and human services who are committed to social responsibility." -Shafik Dharamsi, PhD, faculty of medicine, University of British Columbia.