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The great health dilemma : is prevention better than cure? / Christopher Dye.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dye, Christopher, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Preventive--History.
- Medicine, Preventive.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : 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:
- 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 Epilogue : collective action for health.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-188820-6
- 0-19-259546-6
- OCLC:
- 1243263760
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