عنوان

The health of populations :

(Number (ISBN

0128028122

(Number (ISBN

9780128028124

Erroneous ISBN

9780128028131 (PDF ebook)

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Title Proper

The health of populations :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

beyond medicine /

First Statement of Responsibility

Jack E. James

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xviii, 508 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, portraits ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Text of Note

Part 1. The science of health -- 1. The origins of health -- 2. Current patterns of death and disease -- 3. Twelve millennia of changing human habits and habitats -- 4. Biomedicine and common causes of mortality and morbidity -- Part 2. The harm of medicine -- 5. Medical harm: what is it and what is the extent? -- 6. Sources of harm: prescription drugs, surgery, and infections -- 7. The commercial culture of medicine -- 8. Big pharma entanglement with biomedical science -- 9. The charms and harms of personalized medicine -- Part 3. Achieving optimal health sustainably -- 10. Healing practices and evidence-based medicine -- 11. Placebo and the therapeutic process -- 12. Prevention and control of disease -- 13. Associated prevention concepts and models -- 14. Optimal healthcare: risk factor reduction and adjunctive biomedical intervention -- 15. Mental health

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"The Health of Populations: Beyond Medicine uses current research and in-depth analysis to provide insights into the issues and challenges of population health; a subject of increasing concern, due largely to rapid population growth, population aging, rising costs and diminishing resources, health inequality, and the global rise in noncommunicable diseases. Reducing the global burden of disease requires prevention of disease incidence, which is achievable through reduction of exposure to primary (behavioral) and secondary (biomedical) risk factors. The 15 chapters of the book are divided into three sections that focus on the science of health, the harm of medicine, and how to achieve optimal health. By highlighting the benefits of preventing incidence of disease, this book illustrates how biomedicine needs to be repositioned form being the dominant approach in healthcare to being an adjunct to behavioral, legislative, social, and other preventive means for optimizing population health." -- Back cover

Health

Population-- Health aspects

Public health

Public Health

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Edition

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James, Jack E.

Date of Transaction

20160120123155.0

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[Book]

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