Vital Lives : Social Responsibility and the Battle Against Chronic Disease / Carl F. Cranor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cranor, Carl F., author.

Contributor:

Oxford University Press.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronic diseases.

Public health--Social aspects.

Public health.

Chronic diseases--United States.

Public health--Social aspects--United States.

Chronic Disease.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Chronic Disease.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 290 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

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Summary:

Chronic diseases are a major menace to the goal of living healthier, longer, and more vital lives. In the 20th century a sustained, and comprehensive scientific effort by public health officials, physicians, researchers, and legislators, was made to reduce the threat of infectious diseases. Chronic afflictions subsequently became the dominant health burden. All of us are vulnerable to various dysfunctions-cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes and cirrhosis- that decrease the vitality of life and longevity, accelerate aging, and increase pain and misery. Sixty percent of Americans are afflicted by at least one of them. This rises to 78% when cohorts reach 55, and as high as 85% after 65. These illnesses cost more than three trillion dollars annually and constitute 6 of the 10 leading causes of US deaths from disease. -- Publisher

Contents:

Introduction: The Significance of Vital Lives and Chronic Disease Barriers

A Modest Panoply of Maladies and the Approach to Chronic Diseases

The Fascinating, Risky World of Chronic Diseases

Life-Stage Susceptibilities

Caring for Oneself: Individualistic Decisions for Living Young and Flourishing

Involuntary Toxic Exposures Add to Chronic Afflictions

Health Trustees I: Healthcare for More Vital Lives

Health Trustees II: Health Protection to Reduce Threats to Vital Lives

Just Responsibility for Vital Lives in the Face of Chronic Diseases

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Also issued in print: Vital Lives: Social Responsibility and the Battle Against Chronic Disease

ISBN:

9780197664902

0197664903

9780197664872 (hardcover)

0197664873 (hardcover)

9780197664889

OCLC:

1552570081