An Epidemiological Odyssey

George Pollock

ISBN 10: 9400739974 / ISBN 13: 9789400739970

Edité par Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Apr 2012, 2012

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Neuware -This book attempts to set communicable diseases and the efforts to control them in a social and historical context. The primary focus is on England with its particular history, culture and traditions. The timescale covered is extensive and ambitious, and the many strands that came together in the nineteenth century to form the English public health service are clearly highlighted. However the main emphasis of the narrative is on developments from the Second World War onwards, in some of which the author has had a degree of personal involvement as a schoolchild, medical student, hospital doctor, Army doctor and public health physician.The work as a whole reveals the persisting nature of communicable diseases throughout history and strongly argues that, although the relevant importance of individual infections may vary over time, man¿s struggle against the microbiological world can never be relaxed. How England has been affected is described in detail and evidence is put forward to suggest that complacency (or at least misjudgement) concerning the ever-present risks of emerging and re-emerging infections, led unwisely to the dismantling in 1974 of its established arrangements for their control, along with the subsequent need, frequently repeated, to create new structures for this purpose.This book will appeal strongly to all students and practitioners of public health along with those interested in English social history.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 136 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: An Epidemiological Odyssey
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Apr 2012
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9400739974
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789400739970
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 13 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 13 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 377 grammes

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Synopsis

Epidemiology has come a long way since diseases were thought to be caused by 'pestilential vapours'. This fascinating history traces the evolution of epidemiology, with an emphasis on developments since World War II, and makes the case for continued vigilance.