Publics and their health historical problems and perspectives
Why are some groups and individuals seen as problems for public health? How does this change over time and place? Through a series of case-studies, this collection explores the making of 'problem publics' and their relationship with public health authorities.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press
2023.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Social histories of medicine.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009816701406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: publics and their health – historical problems and perspectives / Alex Mold, Peder Clark and Hannah J. Elizabeth
- 1. ‘Democracy trains its microscope’ on public health: intergovernmental relations, competing publics and negotiations at the grassroots / Jennifer Gunn
- 2. ‘Dumping grounds for… human waste’: containing problem populations in post-war British public health policy, 1945–74 / Michael Lambert
- 3. Socialism, health and the politics of identity: conversations from East Germany’s AIDS crisis / Johanna Folland
- 4. Forgoing fat: food choice, disease prevention and the role of the food industry in health promotion in England, 1980–92 / Jane Hand
- 5. At the borders of the public: immigrant and migrant publics and the right to health / Beatrix Hoffman
- 6. The emergence of violence as a public health problem in Argentina / Martín Hernán Di Marco
- Afterword: from Asiatic cholera to COVID-19 – the many publics of modern public health / Tom Crook
- Index
