The health of populations : beyond medicine

The health of populations : beyond medicine / Jack James.

"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, hea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: James, Jack (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Population > Health aspects.
Public health > Research.
Evidence-based medicine.
Public health.
public health.
Public health
Population > Health aspects
Evidence-based medicine
Public health > Research
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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