| Globalization and Health Contributor(s): Harris, Richard L., Seid, Melinda J. |
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ISBN: 9004141456 ISBN-13: 9789004141452 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $83.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: From a public health perspective, globalization appears to be a mixed blessing. This international collection of essays on globalization and health examines the global health issues associated with the economic, technological, political, social, cultural and environmental effects of globalization -- the increasing movement of capital, people, technology, goods, information, environmental pollution, and disease around the globe.These essays analyze the complex linkages between globalization and health, the health effects of globalization at all levels (global, national, and local), and the policy and institutional responses associated with the health consequences of globalization. To download a sample chapter click here |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Risk Assessment - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 362.104 |
| LCCN: 2004048880 |
| Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.28" W x 9.54" (0.91 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This international collection of essays on globalization and health examines the global health issues associated with the economic, technological, political, social, cultural and environmental effects of globalization--the increasing movement of capital, people, technology, goods, information, environmental pollution, and disease around the globe. These essays analyze the complex linkages between globalization and health, the health effects of globalization at all levels (global, national, and local), and the policy and institutional responses associated with the health consequences of globalization. |