Health citizenship : essays in social medicine and biomedical politics / Dorothy Porter.

  • Porter, Dorothy, 1953-
Date:
2011
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Essays in social medicine and biomedical politics

Description

The rights and responsibilities of health citizenship are increasingly at the forefront of public policy debates concerning disease prevention and health management. These debates have global implications for prosperity, equality, and stability in dramatically changing demographic, economic, political and ecological environments. This collection of essays are intended to lead the reader to an understanding of the history of public health, the rise of the modern state, the role of the social sciences in population health promotion, and the changing social contract of health citizenship in industrial and post-industrial societies.

Publication/Creation

Berkeley : University of California, Medical Humanities Consortium, 2011.

Physical description

x, 302 pages ; cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Public health -- Social medicine -- Biomedical identity.

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    History of Medicine
    JQ.AH
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  • 9780983463931
  • 098346393X