Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387241027 ISBN 13: 9780387241029

Publisher: Springer, 2005

Synopsis

-The editor and his contributors are prestigious in the global health community, many holding positions as affiliated with the World Health Organization. Also, Gunn is a head of the Society for Humanitarian Medicine.

-Will appeal as a high level policy book in public health and health courses.

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Review:

From the reviews:

"This work on global health addresses what may be considered the midlevel issues ... . The editors can be commended for inviting a truly nationally diverse group of authors ... who identify the successes, challenges, and next steps in their areas of expertise in global health. ... The book will challenge both novice and expert in their thinking about global health and the methods to achieve results." (Health Promotion Practice, January 2008)

Synopsis:

Health is not escaping the current bulldozer of 'globalization,' with its attendant benefits, errors, complications, and unknowns. Economic, social, political, environmental, behavioural, and even transcendental factors are being perceived as shaping the increasingly borderless world order, and societal structures, including the health professional, are finding themselves ill prepared for the changes. This book is an attempt to understand, explain and if possible act on the transformations. It is highly recommended as a welcome collection of level-headed analyses of the current confused transmutations in disease theory and health action.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0387241027
• ISBN 13: 9780387241029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 318
• Editor: Gunn S. William A., Mansourian P.B.