02692cam a22002894a 4500 9992 9992 13808969 OSt 20200318144953.0 041208s2005 nyua b 001 0 eng 2004065388 0387241027 (hbk.) DLC DLC DLC pcc 362.1 GUN 23 Understanding the global dimensions of health / [edited by] S. William A. Gunn ... [et al]. New York : Springer, c2005. xiii, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Introduction Section I: Fundamentals 1. A brief history of advances towards health John Last 2. The health, poverty and development merry-go-round: the tribulations of WHO Socrates Litsios 3. Old and new pestilences Andrew A. Arata 4. Value systems and healthcare ethics Bernard M. Dickens 5. World health: a mobilizing utopia? M. Manciaux T. M. Fliedner Section II: Systems 6. Health policies versus public policies Andrzej Wojtczak 7. A medicine based on evidence J. Szczerban 8. The promise of technology P. B. Mansourian 9. Critical inquiries on technology utilization Arminee Kazanjian 10. Therapeutic patient education for chronic diseases Jean-Philippe Assal Section III: The Dynamics 11. The humanitarian imperative in major health crises and disasters S. W. A. Gunn 12. Dealing with global infectious disease emergencies David L. Heymann 13. Knowledge-based methodologies in the health sector B. McA. Sayers Juan J. Angulo 14. Food safety - a pressing public health and economic issue Fritz Kaferstein 15. Future health in an ageing world A. Michael Davies Section IV: The Controversies 16. Disease and health in the cultural context Assen Jablensky 17. Global issues and health interactions: reflexions from the south A. P. R. Aluwihare 18. The coming storm: health system planning versus free market enterprise Anthony Piel 19. Education, understanding, and eudaemonia: a contrarian view on global health Gerhard W. Brauer Postscript 'The Present and the Future of Global Health' A. Michael Davies The Contributors Index World health. Gunn, S. William. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0663/2004065388-d.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0824/2004065388-t.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg ddc RFT 0 0 ddc 0 0 R-9/1 AIISH AIISH 2020-03-18 0 362.1 GUN 14208 2020-03-18 00:00:00 2020-03-18 RFT