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The Politics of Public Health in the United States (Paperback, New)
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The Politics of Public Health in the United States (Paperback, New)
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Our public health system is primarily concerned with the promotion
of health and the prevention of disease. But while everyone may
agree with these goals in principle, in practice public health is a
highly contentious policy arena that is inevitably entangled with
sensitive issues ranging from occupational safety and environmental
hazards to health education, immunization, and treatment of
addiction and sexually transmitted disease. Today however, concern
for protecting the population against bio-terrorism and "new"
epidemics such as SARS is tipping the balance back toward increased
support for public health. This book focuses on the politics,
policies, and methodologies of public health and the twenty-first
century challenges to the public health system of the United
States. It explores the system's relatively weak position in the
American political culture, medical establishment, and legal
system; scientific and privacy issues in public health; and the
challenges posed by ecological risk and the looming threat of
bio-terrorist attack. Each chapter includes study questions. The
volume also includes a chronology of major laws and events in
public health policy along with an extensive bibliography.
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