Battling and managing disease /

Battling and managing disease / edited by Kara Rogers. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2011. - xvii, 205 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Health and disease in society . - Health and disease in society. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-199) and index.

Health and disease in society: historical and international perspectives -- Public health in developed and developing countries -- Health care in society -- Legal aspects of health care -- Defining health and disease: noncommunicable disease -- Defining health and disease: communicable disease -- Major diseases of concern in modern society -- Occupational disease -- medicine and research in the health of society -- Disease prevention and progress in public health.

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Public health--Popular works.
Medicine, Popular.
Disease management--History.
Delivery of Health Care.
Disease--history.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Developed Countries.
Developing Countries.
Socioeconomic Factors.

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