Textbook of international health : global health in a dynamic world / Anne-Emanuelle Birn, Yogan Pillay, Timothy H. Holtz.

  • Birn, Anne-Emanuelle, 1964-
Date:
2009
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Physical description

xxxvi, 806 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes

Rev. ed. of: Textbook of international health / Paul F. Basch. 2nd ed. 1999.

Contents

The historical origins of modern international health -- International health agencies, activities, and other actors -- The political economy of health and development -- What do we know, what do we need to know, and why it matters : data on health -- Epidemiologic profiles of global health and disease -- Societal determinants of health and social inequalities in health -- Health under crisis -- Globalization, trade, work, and health -- Health and the environment -- Health economics and the economics of health -- Understanding and organizing health care systems -- Toward healthy societies : from ideas to action -- Doing international health.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JO /BIR
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780195300277
  • 0195300270