{"product_id":"the-contested-boundaries-of-american-public-health-critical-issues-in-health-and-medicine-9780813543123","title":"The Contested Boundaries of American Public","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of essays, which attempt to understand what are, and what should be, the public health services' chief goals and activities. It examines the historical evolution of the profession and shows how public health is changing in the context of natural and human-made disasters and the politics that surround them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays are thought-provoking and speak to the core issues underpinning the public health effort across the spectrum. This book provides a solid foundation for guiding new thought among public health leaders as they work to build a new architecture to counter twenty-first century health threats. This book is a must read for anyone with a stake in protecting and promoting our public's health. -- Dr. Elin A. Gursky, Sc.D. * Fellow and Prinicipal Deputy for Biodefense, ANSER\/Analytic Services Inc. *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a must read for anyone with a stake in protecting and promoting our public's health. -- Dr. Elin A. Gursky, Sc.D. * Fellow and Prinicipal Deputy for Biodefense, ANSER\/Analytic Services Inc. *\u003cbr\u003eAn important read for anyone in the field of public health, \u003ci\u003eThe Contested Boundaries of American Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e provides a timely analysis of the many ways in which the boundaries of public health are constantly being negotiated. From the emergence of chronic diseases as leading causes of death to the threats of bioterrorism in a post 9-11 world, the authors lay down a compelling, analytical foundation as they examine how far public health should extend its reach and what means are appropriate to carry out its mission. -- Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E) * executive director of the American Public Health Association *\u003cbr\u003eAn invaluable introduction to an often-neglected, but increasingly visible aspect of medicine in society. This should be of interest to anyone interested in the formation of policy in the twenty-first century. -- Charles Rosenberg * Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003eThis valuable compendium's articles focus on the complexities of renegotiating the boundaries of intervention in promotion of a healthy population in a political climate that elevates individual responsibility and limited government. This collection should be mandatory reading for history of medicine\/public health graduate students. Highly recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublic health and economics: externalities, rivalries, excludability, and politics \/ Sherry Glied\u003cbr\u003e The limits of relying on employers in an intersectoral public health partnership \/ Dennis P. Scanlon and Marianne H. Hillemeier\u003cbr\u003e Speaking for the public: the ambivalent quest of twentieth-century public health \/ Nancy Tomes\u003cbr\u003e Environmental health as a core public health component \/ Phil Brown\u003cbr\u003e Paternalism and its discontents: motorcycle helmet laws, libertarian values, and public health \/ Marian Moser Jones and Ronald Bayer\u003cbr\u003e Prevention strategies and public health: individual and structural prevention in homelessness \/ William McAllister, Mary Clare Lennon, and Işil Çelimli\u003cbr\u003e Dealing with Humpty Dumpty: research, practice, and the ethics of public health surveillance \/ Amy L. Fairchild\u003cbr\u003e Health production: a common framework to unify public health and medicine \/ Alvin R. Tarlov\u003cbr\u003e The challenge of 9\/11 to the ideologies of population and public health \/ David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz\u003cbr\u003e Public health preparedness: evolution or revolution? \/ Nicole Lurie, Jeffrey Wasserman, and Christopher D. Nelson\u003cbr\u003e Blown away: health care, health coverage, and public health after 9\/11 and Katrina \/ Beatrix Hoffman","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038414405975,"sku":"9780813543123","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813543123.jpg?v=1750940261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-contested-boundaries-of-american-public-health-critical-issues-in-health-and-medicine-9780813543123","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}