The Contested Boundaries of American Public Health |
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Editor:
| Colgrove, James Markowitz, Gerald Rosner, David |
Contribution by:
| Markowitz, Gerald Rosner, David Glied, Sherry Hoffman, Beatrix Tomes, Nancy Scanlon, Dennis Hillemeier, Marianne Brown, Phil Jones, Marian Moser McAllister, William Lennon, Mary Clare ¦elimli, Isil Fairchild, Amy Tarlov, Alvin Nelson, Christopher Rosenberg, Mark Travis, Jeremy Lurie, Nicole Wasserman, Jeffrey Bayer, Ronald |
Series title: | Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8135-4311-6 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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At different points in history, professionals in public health services have addressed housing reform, education about sex and illegal drugs, hospital and clinic care, gun violence, and even bioterrorism. But there is no agreement about how far public health efforts should go in attempting to modify behaviors seen as lifestyle choices, or whether the field's mandate extends to intervening in broader social and economic conditions. The authors of the thirteen essays in this book...
More DescriptionAt different points in history, professionals in public health services have addressed housing reform, education about sex and illegal drugs, hospital and clinic care, gun violence, and even bioterrorism. But there is no agreement about how far public health efforts should go in attempting to modify behaviors seen as lifestyle choices, or whether the field's mandate extends to intervening in broader social and economic conditions. The authors of the thirteen essays in this book attempt to understand what are, and what should be, the field's chief goals and activities.