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Edition: 1
Release: 2006-09-28
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0195308077
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
The Health of Populations pdf
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In the maelstrom of current public health debate over the social determinants of health, this book offers a well-balanced discussion on the roots of prevalent strains of thought on the matter. While this area of research deals in complex problems, it is often dominated by those who deploy rather categorical, partisan positions, citing from a wide range of contradictory statistical studies. Stephen Kunitz brings a measured, balanced and independent perspective to bear on the debate, taking a step back from current arguments to look at the fundamental issues through a socio-historical lens. Part I describes how ideas about the costs and benefits of industrialization, and about the causes of disease, have been used by writers from different ideological persuasions to explain the health of populations. Part II focuses on some of the ideas that have been particularly influential in contemporary debates: factors such as standard of living, community and its loss, inequality, and globalizatio Download The Health of Populations for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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