A History of Public Health 2e - Softcover

Rosen, George; Imperato, Pascal James; Fee, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421416018 ISBN 13: 9781421416014

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015

Synopsis

George Rosen's wide-ranging account of public health's long and fascinating history is an indispensable classic.

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About the Authors

George Rosen (1910–1977), MD, MPH, PhD, was a professor of health education at the School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, Columbia University, and the editor of the American Journal of Public Health.

Elizabeth Fee is the chief historian at the National Library of Medicine. She is the coeditor of AIDS: The Making of a Chronic Disease, Making Medical History: The Life and Times of Henry E. Sigerist, Women Physicians and the Cultures of Medicine, and many other works.

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Rosen takes us on a chronological journey from the Greco-Roman ideas of health based on the balance of the four humors, through the plagues and quarantines of the Middle Ages, to the more modern era of political and industrial revolutions, and the health and sanitary reform movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Throughout, he displays his mastery of public health, his understanding of the social context as well as the biological determinants of disease, and his knowledge of social history, sociology, and political philosophy. Conceived in grand style and incorporating a wealth of detailed knowledge, the book is animated by the author’s social and scientific optimism and his deep commitment to public health and progressive reform.

—Elizabeth Fee, from the foreword

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1421416018
• ISBN 13: 9781421416014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440