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Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health (Record no. 500678)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780387241036
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/b104427
Source of number or code doi
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number RA1-1270
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code MBN
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072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code MED078000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 613
Edition number 23
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 614
Edition number 23
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by S. W. A. Gunn, P. B. Mansourian, A. M. Davies, A. Piel, B. McA. Sayers.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Boston, MA :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Springer US,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2005.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XIV, 304 p.
Other physical details online resource.
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Content type term text
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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File type text file
Encoding format PDF
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505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Fundamentals -- A Brief History of Advances Toward Health -- The Health, Poverty, and Development Merry-Go-Round -- Old and New Pestilences -- Value Systems and Healthcare Ethics -- World Health -- Systems -- Health Policies versus Public Policies -- A Medicine Based on Evidence -- The Promise of Technology -- Critical Inquiries on Technology Utilization -- Therapeutic Patient Education for Chronic Diseases -- The Dynamics -- The Humanitarian Imperative in Major Health Crises and Disasters -- Dealing with Global Infectious Disease Emergencies -- Knowledge-Based Methodologies in the Health Sector -- Food Safety: A Pressing Public-Health and Economic Issue -- Future Health in an Ageing World -- The Controversies -- Disease and Health in the Cultural Context -- Global Issues and Health Interactions -- The Coming Storm -- Education, Understanding, and Eudaemonia -- Postscript: The Present and the Future of Global Health.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Health is not escaping the current bulldozer of 'globalization,' with its attendant benefits, errors, complications, and unknowns. Economic, social, political, environmental, behavioural, and even transcendental factors are being perceived as shaping the increasingly borderless world order, and societal structures, including the health professional, are finding themselves ill prepared for the changes...This book is an attempt to understand, explain and if possible act on the transformations....It is highly recommended as a welcome collection of level-headed analyses of the current confused transmutations in disease theory and health action" (Journal of Humanitarian Medicine, vol. IV, no. 4, October-December 2004). "With a free spirit, the authors examine the bioethical, socio-political and scientific aspects of health" (World Health Organization Quarterly News, October-December 2005). Health is a basic human right. But as our planet grows smaller, the number of people without even minimal care continues to rise. Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health brings into sharp focus the ethics and multiple questions involved in keeping the world in optimal health - and identifies the massive tasks that lie ahead. Twenty-one internationally known contributors examine the bioethical, sociopolitical and scientific aspects of health, epidemics, aging populations, the double burden of disease, food safety, and other major health concerns of well-being at the international level. Because exporting health care expertise abroad entails more than merely translating what we know, they meet the controversies head-on: - Are health technologies wisely used? - Can today’s medicine coexist with traditional views and cultural practices? - Will the configuration of health resources change as people live longer? - Why are pandemics not controlled better? - Who wins when health systems clash with sociopolitical systems? - Does globalization necessarily mean the westernization and homogenization of care? Fast changing conditions and recent catastrophic events demand answers to these and similar vital questions. The authors of Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health balance realism, optimism and social conscience in their coverage so health professionals, policymakers and leaders can address them - locally as well as globally.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Medicine.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Public health.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Medicine & Public Health.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Public Health.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gunn, S. W. A.
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Mansourian, P. B.
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Davies, A. M.
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Piel, A.
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sayers, B. McA.
Relator term editor.
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY
Title Springer eBooks
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9780387241029
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b104427
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