Changing Face of Disease - Implications for Society

Informationen zum Autor C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor, Jean Peters, Stephen T. McGarvey Klappentext Disease is an ever-present threat faced by all human societies. This book addresses four areas that reflect our understanding of disease: its evolution, its implications for human societies, its ecology, and our response to it. Topics such as epidemiological transition, mathematical modeling of disease evolution, parasitic disease, urban pollution and illness, and under-nutrition and obesity are all examined with a goal of widening the reader's holistic view of disease at the beginning of the 21st century. Contributions to the book have been made by experts from a diverse range of disciplines resulting in a synthesis of theory, opinion, and comment that is both absorbing and thought provoking. Zusammenfassung Disease is an ever-present threat faced by all human societies. "The Changing Face of Disease" seeks to address four themes which reflect our understanding of disease: its evolution; its implications for human societies; its ecology; and our response to it. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1. HISTORICAL ASPECTS. Emerging Diseases in the Third Epidemiological Transition. Life History Perspectives on Human Disease. The Evolution, Transmission and Geographic Spread of Infectious Diseases in Human Populations: Questions and Models. PART 2. CURRENT CHALLENGES. Genetic Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases. Urban Pollution, Disease and the Health of Children. Protecting Pregnant Women from Malaria. Interdisciplinary Research on Schitosoma japonicum. Unravelling Gene-Environment Interactions in Type 2 Diabetes. Investigating The 'Hidden' Epidemic: Sexual Behaviour and Representations of HIV / AIDS Amongst Business People and Medical Personnel in Five Central and Eastern European Nations. The Evolution of Disease and the Devolution of Health Care for American Indians. The Public's Health: The Changing Role of Public Health. Human Behaviour and the Changing Pattern of Disease....

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: C.g. Nicholas (University of Cambri Mascie-Taylor, C.g. Nicholas Peters Mascie-Taylor
• Con la collaborazione di: C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Editore), Stephen T. McGarvey (Editore), McGarvey Stephen T. (Editore), Jean Peters (Editore), Peters Jean (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.02.2004
• EAN: 9780415322805
• ISBN: 978-0-415-32280-5
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Society for the Study of Human Biology
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura; History: specific events & topics, Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / Diseases, HISTORY / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Diseases & disorders, History: specific events and topics, Diseases and disorders