02614cam a22002894a 4500999001500000001000900015003000400024005001700028008004100045010001700086020002200103040001800125042000800143082001800151245009700169260003400266300003500300504005100335505154500386650001801931700002201949856009101971856009202062906004502154942001302199952011202212  c9992d999213808969OSt20200318144953.0041208s2005    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a  2004065388  a0387241027 (hbk.)  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc00a362.1 GUN22300aUnderstanding the global dimensions of health /c[edited by] S. William A. Gunn ... [et al].  aNew York :bSpringer,cc2005.  axiii, 303 p. :bill. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents 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 0aWorld health.1 aGunn, S. William.423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0663/2004065388-d.html413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0824/2004065388-t.html  a7bcbccorignewd1eocipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccRFT  00102ddc40708R-9/1aAIISHbAIISHd2020-03-18l0o362.1 GUNp14208r2020-03-18 00:00:00w2020-03-18yRFT