The struggle for health : medicine and the politics of underdevelopment / David Sanders with Wim De Ceukelaire and Barbara Hutton.
The first edition of 'The Struggle for Health' was published in 1985 and was widely acclaimed by those seeking a broader and deeper political understanding of ill health, beyond the medical model of care. It was a revolutionary book, that has now been updated and includes health problems t...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | The first edition of 'The Struggle for Health' was published in 1985 and was widely acclaimed by those seeking a broader and deeper political understanding of ill health, beyond the medical model of care. It was a revolutionary book, that has now been updated and includes health problems that have emerged since the 1980s. This second edition includes health problems that have emerged since the 1980s, notably HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and other epidemics, and the increase in non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0192858459 9780192858450 0191949264 9780191949265 0192674331 9780192674333 019267434X 9780192674340 |