public health

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public health

New career opportunities in health and human services

1984
Discusses jobs available in helping the handicapped.

Pandemics and global health

2010
A comprehensive overview of pandemics and their influence on global health that examines major types of infectious agents and modes of transmission, worldwide pandemics and attempts to control them, outbreaks and methods of fighting them, and other related topics.

Battling and managing disease

2011
An exploration of the public health and disease that provides information on the history of public health, international organizations, financial and legal aspects of health care, noncommunicable and communicable diseases, research, treatments, and more.

The World Health Organization

2001
Describes the World Health Organization, why it was formed, what it does, and what future problems it anticipates solving.

Health

1985
Examines health, its maintenance and enemies, medical treatment, infections and diseases.

Violence in America

a public health approach
1991

Health in the headlines

the stories behind the stories
1991

Drug war politics

the price of denial
1996
Discusses the politics of the war against drugs in the United States, arguing that the policies of fear traditionally used have failed to control the problem, and urging reforms that will emphasize dialogue and deliberation, with force and punishment as a last resort.

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