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The great health dilemma : is prevention better than cure? / Christopher Dye.
LIBRA RA424 .D94 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dye, Christopher, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Preventive--History.
- Medicine, Preventive.
- Public health--History.
- Public health.
- History.
- Preventive health services--History.
- Preventive health services.
- Health.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 205 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- This resource provides a concise and articulate critique of this age-old dilemma with practical suggestions for its resolution.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. History of a hypothesis
- 2. The problem of prevention
- 3. The affordable dream
- 4. Unlikely disasters
- 5. Normal ways to die
- 6. The burden of choice
- 7. The culture of conveniences
- 8. Our children's children
- 9. Future positive.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780198853824
- 0198853823
- OCLC:
- 1237354390
- Publisher Number:
- 99988443766
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