Public health at the crossroads [[electronic resource] ] : achievements and prospects / / Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita

• Autore: Beaglehole R
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1; 614.422
• Soggetto topico: World health; Public health
• Altri autori: BonitaR
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 crossroads ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Public health at the crossroads
• ISBN: 1-280-54053-2; 9786610540532; 0-511-21536-3; 0-511-21715-3; 0-511-21178-3; 0-511-31577-5; 0-511-21355-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784319403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II