Critical Issues in Global Health (The Jossey-Bass Health Care Series) - Hardcover

Schwartz, M. Roy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787948241 ISBN 13: 9780787948245

Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 2000

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Critical Issues in Global Health is an outstanding compAndium of knowledge and thought--from a distinguished panel of internationally renowned medical and public health experts--that offers insight into the most important health issues facing our world's populations. The volume's individual contributors represent a wide range of prestigious health organizations and institutions including the World Health Organization, National Academy of Sciences, Kellogg and Rockefeller Foundations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the American Public Health Association. Edited by C. Everett Koop, Clarence E. Pearson, and M. Roy Schwarz, these never-before-published essays explore the future of international health and explain what will be required in order to provide adequate health and medical care worldwide, especially for underdeveloped countries.

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C. EVERETT KOOP, M.D., the former Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan, is Senior Scholar of the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth College and the Elizabeth DeCamp McInerney Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School. CLARENCE E. PEARSON is president and chief executive officer of the National Center for Health Education. He is the former vice president of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management. M. ROY SCHWARZ , M.D. is president of the China Medical Board of New York, Inc. He is the past senior vice president of the American Medical Association.

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Critical Issues in Global Health

"The miracles of science could and should be shared equally in the world. There is a growing chasm between those of us who are rich, powerful, and healthy and those who are poor, weak, and suffering from preventable diseases. If we are to improve health, we must concentrate on existing disparities in opportunities, resources, education, and access to health programs. Only to the extent that we can eliminate these inequities will our dreams for global health in the twenty-first century be realized." from the foreword by Jimmy Carter

Critical Issues in Global Health is an outstanding compendium of knowledge and thought from a distinguished panel of internationally renowned medical and public health experts that offers insight into the most important health issues facing our world's populations. The volume's individual contributors represent a wide range of prestigious health organizations and institutions including the World Health Organization, National Academy of Sciences, Kellogg and Rockefeller Foundations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the American Public Health Association. Edited by C. Everett Koop, Clarence E. Pearson, and M. Roy Schwarz, these never-before-published essays explore the future of international health and explain what will be required in order to provide adequate health and medical care worldwide, especially for underdeveloped countries.

Comprehensive in scope, this impressive resource is divided into three major sections: Countries, Continents, and the World; The Organizational Landscape in Global Health; and Organizations, Management, Leadership, and Partnerships. In the opening essay, Gro Harlem Brundtland, the Secretary General of the World Health Organization, presents a dynamic global view of the world's health. The chapters in this section also contain a wealth of informative essays on the major continents and regions of the world and include instructive health portraits of China, India, Russia, and the United States.

Critical Issues in Global Health brings to light the world's most compelling health issues communicable and infectious diseases, tobacco control, and environmental health and discusses what will be needed in the areas of research, health promotion, disease prevention, and financing to meet these urgent medical and health challenges.

The final section of the book contains essays that highlight the best and most cost-effective methods for solving global health issues in the 21st century. For leaders in government, business, and nonprofit organizations, the contributors suggest specific follow-up actions that will go a long way to ensure the good health of tomorrow's world

A Compendium of thought on the state and future of the world's health

"We have recognized the shrinking of this planet in other walks of life but now the shrinking of the world for the benefit of health is something different and something eagerly anticipated . . . . The contents of this book will find different niches among different readers to be sure, but all readers will benefit from the global perspective they will be able to synthesize from this remarkable and diverse group of experts." from the introduction by C. Everett Koop

Read what the most renowned international medical and public health experts say about the state of the world's health and what is in store for the future.
Mohammad N. Akhter
Bruce Alberts
Richard Alderslade
John P. Allegrante
George A. O. Alleyene
Fernando Alvarez del Rio
Rodrigo Ares de Parga
Jo E. Asvall
Jeremiah A. Barondess
Paul Batalden
Seth F. Berkley
Isolde Birdthistle
J. T. Boerma
Eugene B. Brody
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Pierre Buekens
Jimmy Carter
Joseph Chamie
Lincoln C. Chen
Joseph A. Cook
Elizabeth Tyler Crone
Juan Ramon de la Fuente
Gordon H. DeFriese
Nils M. Daulaire
Timothy G. Evans
Richard G. A. Feachem
Gary L. Filerman
William H. Foe

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Critical Issues in Global Health "The miracles of science could and should be shared equally in the world. There is a growing chasm between those of us who are rich, powerful, and healthy and those who are poor, weak, and suffering from preventable diseases. If we are to improve health, we must concentrate on existing disparities in opportunities, resources, education, and access to health programs. Only to the extent that we can eliminate these inequities will our dreams for global health in the twenty-first century be realized." from the foreword by Jimmy CarterCritical Issues in Global Health is an outstanding compendium of knowledge and thought from a distinguished panel of internationally renowned medical and public health experts that offers insight into the most important health issues facing our world's populations. The volume's individual contributors represent a wide range of prestigious health organizations and institutions including the World Health Organization, National Academy of Sciences, Kellogg and Rockefeller Foundations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the American Public Health Association. Edited by C. Everett Koop, Clarence E. Pearson, and M. Roy Schwarz, these never-before-published essays explore the future of international health and explain what will be required in order to provide adequate health and medical care worldwide, especially for underdeveloped countries.Comprehensive in scope, this impressive resource is divided into three major sections: Countries, Continents, and the World; The Organizational Landscape in Global Health; and Organizations, Management, Leadership, and Partnerships. In the opening essay, Gro Harlem Brundtland, the Secretary General of the World Health Organization, presents a dynamic global view of the world's health. The chapters in this section also contain a wealth of informative essays on the major continents and regions of the world and include instructive health portraits of China, I

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0787948241
• ISBN 13: 9780787948245
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 472
• Herausgeber: Koop C. Everett M.D., Pearson Clarence E., Schwarz M. Roy
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