Health and Social Change in International Perspective (Harvard Series on Population and International Health)

Lincoln C. Chen, Arthur Kleinman, Norma C. Ware

ISBN 10: 0674385624 / ISBN 13: 9780674385627

Verlag: Harvard School of Public Health, 1994

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, March 1994. 508 pages. 9 x 6", paperback. Like New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 83935

Inhaltsangabe:

Health and Social Change in International Perspective brings together an unprecedented interdisciplinary series of approaches to understanding the social dimensions of health change around the world. The seventeen contributors―demographers, epidemiologists, economists, anthropologists, public health scientists―are among the intellectual leaders of efforts to respond to the world’s health challenges.

Moving beyond the limits of established theories about demographic and epidemiologic transition, this book offers broad explorations of the social causes and consequences of health change. Consensus is reached on some matters, but critical debate and controversy predominate in others. The authors address several critical questions: What are the forms and structures of health transitions? Do these changes assume universally consistent patterns, or are health transitions particularistic, reflecting space, time, and community? What are the methodological issues in definition and measurement? And how can understanding improve health policy, interventions, and the research agenda?

Exploring new frontiers of a vital topic, Health and Social Change in International Perspective is an invaluable resource for social and health scientists working to understand world health change.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Lincoln C. Chen is President of the China Medical Board.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Health and Social Change in International ...
Verlag: Harvard School of Public Health
Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Used - Very Good