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Front Cover; Case Studies in Public Health; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; About the Author; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 James Lind and Scurvy; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 2 Edward Jenner, Vaccination and Eradication of Smallpox; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 3 From Panum to Eradication of Measles; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues. |
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Economic IssuesConclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 4 Semmelweiss, Crede, Lister, and Nightingale: Pioneers in Controlling Hospital Infections; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 5 John Snow, Cholera, the Broad Street Pump; Waterborne Diseases Then and Now; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 6 Pasteur on Microbes and Infectious Diseases. |
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BackgroundCurrent Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 7 Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich: Criteria of Causation of Disease and Chemotherapy as Magic Bullets Background; Robert Koch; Paul Ehrlich and Magic Bullets Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 8 Bismarck and the Long Road to Universal Health Coverage; Background; National Health Systems; Germany: The Bismarckian System. |
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The United Kingdom: The Beveridge SystemCanada: National Health Insurance; Reform Pressures and Initiatives; The United States: Public-Private Health System; US Medicare and Medicaid; The Changing US Health Care Environment; Social Inequities; Health Information; US Health Targets; Summary of the US Health System; Russian Federation: The Semashko Model; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 9 Joseph Goldberger, Pellagra, and Nutritional Epidemiology; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues. |
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Economic IssuesConclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 10 Endemic Goiter and Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 11 Elmer McCollum and Edward Mellanby: Vitamin D and Cod Liver Oil for Prevention of Rickets and Osteoporosis; Background; Current Relevance; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues; Conclusion; Recommendations; Student Review Questions; Recommended Readings; 12 Norman Gregg and Congenital Rubella Syndrome. |
| Abstract |
Case Studies in Public Health contains selected case studies of some of the most important and influential moments in medicine and epidemiology. The cases chosen for this collection represent a wide array of public health issues that go into the makeup of what can be termed the New Public Health (NPH), which includes traditional public health, such as sanitation, hygiene and infectious disease control, but widens its perspective to include the organization, financing and quality of health care services in a much broader sense. Each case study is presented in a systematic fashion to facilitate learning, with the case, background, current relevance, economic issues, ethical issues, conclusions, recommendation and references discussed for each case. The book is a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers with specialized knowledge who need further information on the general background and history of public health and important scientific discoveries within the field. It is an ideal resource for students in public health, epidemiology, medicine, anthropology, and sociology, and for those interested in how to apply lessons from the past to present and future research. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| ISBN | 9780128045862 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0128045868 (electronic bk.) |
