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Health and Development

By David Phillips

Book information

Year
1994
ISBN
0415085292, 9780415085298, 9780203157961
LCC
RA441.5 .H424 1994
Open Library ID
OL1405259M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3551755 bytes)
Pages
352\348
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Health and Development presents a broad and detailed description of the multifaceted aspects of health and development across the globe. People are living longer, their lifestyles are changing and so too are the diseases from which they suffer. Recession in the North and debt servicing in the South have reduced public expenditure on health and welfare. The links between regional, economic and environmental factors and the health of a population are becoming clearer. Does development mean a longer life of lower quality? Always alive to both the global and the local implications, the authors focus in particular on the critical issues surrounding environmental impact, the interaction of poverty and health, socio-cultural factors in HIV/AIDS transmission, the use of traditional and community health care resources and women's health.

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