Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health

Section I.Fundamentals

1. A Brief History of Advances Toward Health
John Last

2. The Health, Poverty, and Development Merry-Go-Round
Socrates Litsios

3. Old and New Pestilences
Andrew A. Arata

4. Value Systems and Healthcare Ethics
Bernard M. Dickens

5. World Health
M. Manciaux, T. M. Fliedner

Section II.Systems

6. Health Policies versus Public Policies
Andrzej Wojtczak

7. A Medicine Based on Evidence
J. Szczerban

8. The Promise of Technology
Pierre B. Mansourian

9. Critical Inquiries on Technology Utilization
Arminée Kazanjian

10. Therapeutic Patient Education for Chronic Diseases
Jean-Philippe Assal

Section III.The Dynamics

11. The Humanitarian Imperative in Major Health Crises and Disasters
S. W. A. Gunn

12. Dealing with Global Infectious Disease Emergencies
David L. Heymann

13. Knowledge-Based Methodologies in the Health Sector
B. McA. Sayers, Juan J. Angulo

14. Food Safety: A Pressing Public-Health and Economic Issue
Fritz Käferstein

15. Future Health in an Ageing World
A. Michael Davies

Section IV.The Controversies

16. Disease and Health in the Cultural Context
Assen Jablensky

17. Global Issues and Health Interactions
A. P. R. Aluwihare

18. The Coming Storm
Anthony Piel

19. Education, Understanding, and Eudaemonia
Gerhard W. Brauer

20. Postscript: The Present and the Future of Global Health
A. Michael Davies

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Keywords: MEDICAL / Public Health MED078000