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

Author
Birn, Anne-Emanuelle, 1964- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
3rd ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description
xxxvi, 806 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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    Summary note
    "This basic text known around the world as the "Basch" texbook, now completely revised and updated, brings together information and analytical perspectives that students and professionals working in the wide variety of disciplines concerned with international health will find in no other single source." -- Book jacket flap.
    Notes
    Rev. ed. of: Textbook of international health / Paul F. Basch. 2nd ed. 1999.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780195300277 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0195300270 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2008022619
    OCLC
    229430533
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