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A History of Public Health
George Rosen
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Description for A History of Public Health
Paperback. For seasoned professionals as well as students, A History of Public Health is visionary and essential reading. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
Since publication in 1958, George Rosen's classic book has been regarded as the essential international history of public health. Describing the development of public health in classical Greece, imperial Rome, England, Europe, the United States, and elsewhere, Rosen illuminates the lives and contributions of the field's great figures. He considers such community health problems as infectious disease, water supply and sewage disposal, maternal and child health, nutrition, and occupational disease and injury. And he assesses the public health landscape of health education, public health administration, epidemiological theory, communicable disease control, medical care, statistics, public policy, and medical geography. Rosen, writing ... Read more
Since publication in 1958, George Rosen's classic book has been regarded as the essential international history of public health. Describing the development of public health in classical Greece, imperial Rome, England, Europe, the United States, and elsewhere, Rosen illuminates the lives and contributions of the field's great figures. He considers such community health problems as infectious disease, water supply and sewage disposal, maternal and child health, nutrition, and occupational disease and injury. And he assesses the public health landscape of health education, public health administration, epidemiological theory, communicable disease control, medical care, statistics, public policy, and medical geography. Rosen, writing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421416014
SKU
V9781421416014
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About George Rosen
George Rosen (1910-1977), MD, MPH, PhD, was a professor of health education at the School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, Columbia University, and the editor of the American Journal of Public Health.
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