Public health : a very short introduction / Virginia Berridge.

  • Berridge, Virginia
Date:
2016
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Description

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organisation promote public health policies, and regional organisations such as the European Union have public health funding and policies. But what do we mean when we speak about 'public health'? In this Very Short Introduction Virginia Berridge explores the areas which fall under the remit of public health, and explains how the individual histories of different countries have come to cause great differences in the perception of the role and responsibilities of public health organisations.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Publication/Creation

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Physical description

xviii, 138 pages : black and white illustrations ; 18 cm.

Edition

First edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-129) and index.

Contents

What is public health? -- Current challenges -- The origins of public health into the 1700s -- Sanitation to education 1800-1900s -- The rise of lifestyle 1900-1980s -- Tropical and international public health -- Present and future in the light of history.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780199688463
  • 019968846X