The Health of Populations - Beyond Medicine (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Academic Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2015
Authors:	Jack James
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	526
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-802812-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
LSN:	0-12-802812-2
Barcode:	9780128028124

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