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A History of Population Health : Rise and Fall of Disease in Europe / / Johan P. Mackenbach
| A History of Population Health : Rise and Fall of Disease in Europe / / Johan P. Mackenbach |
| Autore | Mackenbach Johan P. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brill, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 306.09 |
| Collana | Clio Medica |
| Soggetto topico | Social history |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Medicine
History of medicine |
| ISBN | 90-04-42913-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- List of illustrations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Utopia come true? -- Rising life expectancy -- The rise and fall of disease -- The epidemiologic transition theory -- The McKeown debate and the Preston-curve -- The role of human agency -- &;How to read this book -- Concepts, sources, data and methods -- PART I. LONG-TERM TRENDS: A BIRD’S EYE VIEW -- Chapter 2. Long-term trends in population health -- Changes in over-all population health -- Declining mortality -- Young and old, men and women -- Regional and social inequalities -- Rising height -- More years in good health, more years in bad health? -- Changes in disease patterns -- Shifting causes of death -- Shifts in the burden of disease -- Diseases rise, diseases fall -- Epidemiologic transition 2.0 -- A theory in need of repair -- How: characterizing change -- When: staging change -- Where: locating change -- Chapter 3. Understanding trends in population health -- Theories of population health -- An ‘ecological-evolutionary theory’ of the origins of disease -- Explaining long-term change -- Economic, political and sociocultural conditions -- Economic history: improvements in living standards -- Political history: the rise of the modern state -- Sociocultural history: the lights go on -- Public health and medical care -- A short history of public health -- The impact of public health -- A short history of medical care -- The Role of Medicine -- PART II. ZOOMING IN: THE RISE AND FALL OF DISEASES -- Chapter 4. Health problems of pre-industrial societies -- Violence and hunger -- War -- Homicide -- Famine -- Great epidemics -- Plague -- Smallpox -- Typhus -- Malaria -- Chapter 5. Health problems of industrializing societies -- Communicable diseases -- Cholera, dysentery, typhoid -- Tuberculosis -- Syphilis -- Scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria -- Pneumonia, influenza -- Maternal, infant and perinatal mortality -- Maternal mortality -- Infant mortality -- Still-births -- Other health problems of industrializing societies -- Pellagra, rickets, goitre -- Peptic ulcer, appendicitis -- Lung diseases caused by occupational and environmental exposures -- Chapter 6. Health problems of affluent societies -- Chronic diseases -- Ischaemic heart disease -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Diabetes mellitus -- Stomach, colorectal, breast, prostate cancer -- Lung cancer -- Liver cirrhosis -- Dementia -- Depression -- Injuries -- Road traffic injuries -- Suicide -- A new plague -- AIDS -- PART III: SYNTHESIS AND OUTLOOK -- Chapter 7. Why? -- Why did European population health improve? -- The rise and fall of disease -- The role of human agency -- The role of public health and medical care -- The Rise of the West: was there a ‘prime mover’? -- Why did some countries rush ahead or lag behind? -- Northern lights: the Swedish advantage -- Dutch comfort: we were the champions -- Southern miracles: from rear-guard to forefront -- Balkan troubles: the weight of the past -- Russian roulette: the value of life -- Chapter 8. Outlook -- Feathers of Icarus -- Geopolitical instability -- Increasing inequality -- Global environmental change -- The way ahead -- The public health paradigm -- An expanding circle of concern -- Re-thinking Utopia -- By way of conclusion -- Through the telescope of history -- The European experience -- The role of politics -- The future -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910558098103321 |
Mackenbach Johan P.
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| Brill, 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Les ordres militaires : La vie rurale et le peuplement en Europe occidentale (xiie-xviiie siècles) / / Charles Higounet
| Les ordres militaires : La vie rurale et le peuplement en Europe occidentale (xiie-xviiie siècles) / / Charles Higounet |
| Autore | Arnold Udo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toulouse, : Presses universitaires du Midi, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BertheMaurice
CouletNoël FéralPierre FossierRobert GerbetMarie-Claude GerversMichael HigounetCharles Laliena CorberaCarlos LuttrellAnthony Michaud-FréjavilleFrançoise MolJohannes A Rodriguez LlopisMiguel RogerJean-Marc |
| Soggetto topico | Military religious orders - Europe - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
conflit
monde rural peuplement ordre militaire |
| ISBN | 2-8107-0910-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Altri titoli varianti | ordres militaires |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910416478003321 |
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Arnold Udo
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| Toulouse, : Presses universitaires du Midi, 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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