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" The health of populations : "
Jack E. James
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622829
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James, Jack E.
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The health of populations : : beyond medicine /\ Jack E. James
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xviii, 508 pages :: illustrations, portraits ;; 23 cm
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0128028122
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: 9780128028124
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9780128028131 (PDF ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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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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"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." -- Back cover
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Health
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Public health
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Population-- Health aspects
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Public Health
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614.4/2
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RA427.J36 2016
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