02649nam 2200637Ia 450 991045769190332120170815112518.01-280-54053-297866105405320-511-21536-30-511-21715-30-511-21178-30-511-31577-50-511-21355-7(CKB)1000000000353159(EBL)266598(OCoLC)171139138(SSID)ssj0000230412(PQKBManifestationID)11173734(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230412(PQKBWorkID)10177722(PQKB)10040655(MiAaPQ)EBC266598(EXLCZ)99100000000035315920030926d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPublic health at the crossroads[electronic resource] achievements and prospects /Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita2nd ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20041 online resource (319 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-521-83291-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Health, disease and the health transition; 2 Global health: past trends and present challenges; 3 Contemporary global health issues; 4 Evolution of epidemiology: ideas and methods; 5 The current state of epidemiology: achievements and limitations; 6 Challenges for epidemiology: historical and contemporary; 7 Public health themes: historical and contemporary; 8 Public health organisation and practice in wealthy countries; 9 Public health organisation and practice in poor countries; 10 Public health at the crossroadsIndexThis book is an introduction to public health as a discipline and a critique of its recent development. This extensively revised edition reviews major health trends, the current state of the world's health, and the latest estimates of the global burden of disease.World healthPublic healthElectronic books.World health.Public health.362.1614.422Beaglehole R851259Bonita R851260MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457691903321Public health at the crossroads1900640UNINA