Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 748 g
The determinants of health of populations
Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 748 g
Reihe: Social Institutions and Social Change
ISBN: 978-3-11-242161-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Frontmatter -- About the Editors -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Producing Health, Consuming Health Care -- PART II -- 3. Heterogeneities in Health Status and the Determinants of Population Health -- 4. The Social and Cultural Matrix of Health and Disease -- 5. The Role of Genetics in Population Health -- 6. If Not Genetics, Then What? Biological Pathways and Population Health -- 7. Coronary Heart Disease from a Population Perspective -- PART III -- 8. The Determinants of a Population's Health: What Can Be Done to Improve a Democratic Nation's Health Status? -- 9. Small Area Variations, Practice Style, and Quality of Care -- 10. Regulating Limits to Medicine: Towards Harmony in Public- and Self-Regulation -- PART IV -- 11. Social Proprioception: Measurement, Data, and Information from a Population Health Perspective -- 12. The Future: Hygeia versus Panakeia? -- References -- Index
