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One Health and the politics of antimicrobial resistance / Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Princeton University.
Veterinary: Atwood Library (Campus) QR46 .K24 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kahn, Laura H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- One Health (Initiative).
- Drug resistance.
- Drug Resistance, Microbial.
- Livestock.
- Poultry.
- Politics.
- International Cooperation.
- Medical Subjects:
- Drug Resistance, Microbial.
- Livestock.
- Poultry.
- Politics.
- International Cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- 193 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- In One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance, Dr. Kahn investigates the use of antibiotics and the surge in antimicrobial resistance in food animals and humans from a One Health perspective. Although the medical community has blamed the problem on agricultural practices, the agricultural community insists that antibiotic resistance is the result of indiscriminate use of antibiotics in human medicine. Dr. Kahn argues that this blame game has fueled the politics of antibiotic resistance and hindered the development of effective policies to address the worsening crisis. Combining painstaking research with unprecedented access to international data, the book analyzes the surprising outcomes of differing policy approaches to antibiotic resistance around the globe. By integrating the perspectives of both medicine and agriculture and exploring the history and science behind the widespread use of growth-promoting antibiotics, One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance examines the controversy in a unique way while offering policy recommendations that all sides can accept.--COVER.
- Contents:
- The politics
- A brief history of meat, medicine, and antibiotics
- The British experience
- Lessons from Sweden
- Lessons from Denmark
- The European experience
- The controversy in the United States
- International challenges
- Environmental and pharmaceutical discoveries and challenges.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421420042
- 142142004X
- OCLC:
- 921338963
- Publisher Number:
- 99970130605
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