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Public Health in History
Virginia Berridge
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Allgemeines
Beschreibung
This fascinating book offers a wide ranging exploration of the history of public health and the development of health services over the past two centuries. The book surveys the rise and redefinition of public health since the sanitary revolution of the mid-nineteenth century, assessing the reforms in the post World War II years and the coming of welfare states. Importantly, the book also includes:A comparative examination of why healthcare has taken such different trajectories in different countries Case studies on malaria, sexual health, alcohol and substance abuseExercises enabling readers to easily interact with and critically assess historical source materialVisual materials and illustrations ranging from a fifteenth century syphilis sufferer to the 1980s HIV/AIDS mass media campaignsWritten by a team of historians from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, this is the definitive guide for teaching the history of public health and health services. Public Health in History will engage health students, practitioners, policy makers and anyone who would like know more about these crucial areas of public health in countries across the global north and global south. Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.Contributors Maureen Malowany, John Manton and Suzanne Taylor.
