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No-Nonsense Guide to World Health (No-Nonsense Guides)
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Product Description
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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #434847 in Books
- Published on: 2007-10-11
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 144 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
'This No-Nonsense Guide to World Health is premised on the belief that without social justice, a life of health and dignity for all the world'speople cannot be fully realized.Desmond Tutu
About the Author
Shereen Usdin is a medical doctor and a public health specialist. She is cofounder of the internationally acclaimed Soul City for Health and Development Communication in South Africa and works in the areas of development communication, HIV/AIDS, violence against women and human rights.
