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Disease prevention as social change : the state, society, and public health in the United States, France, Great Britain, and Canada / Constance A. Nathanson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nathanson, Constance A.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Health promotion--Cross-cultural studies.
Health promotion.
Medicine, Preventive--Cross-cultural studies.
Medicine, Preventive.
Preventive health services--Cross-cultural studies.
Preventive health services.
Medical policy--Cross-cultural studies.
Medical policy.
Health Policy--trends.
Canada.
France.
United Kingdom.
United States.
Primary Prevention--trends.
Public Health--trends.
Social Change.
Medical Subjects:
Health Policy--trends.
Canada.
France.
United Kingdom.
United States.
Primary Prevention--trends.
Public Health--trends.
Social Change.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.
Physical Description:
xiv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2007]
Contents:
Introduction
The nineteenth century: from miasmas to microbes
Infant mortality
Tuberculosis
Smoking
HIV/AIDS in injection drug users
Engines of policy change: the state and civil society
Experts and zealots
Political cultures and constructions of risk
Conclusion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-316) and index.
ISBN:
0871546442
9780871546449
OCLC:
72774416

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