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The No-Nonsense Guide To World Health

Shereen Usdin
Edition: pb
ISBN: 9781904456650
Publisher: New Internationalist
Release Date: 2007-10-22
ITEM OVERVIEW
This is a clear yet wide-ranging introduction to the state of health worldwide, exploring the ways in which health provision is often determined by ethnicity, class, and gender. Starting with a brief history of medical progress, this guide delves into current politics of health in the contexts of big business and private health provision, media, gender, and the environment.