Donaldsons' essential public health

Donaldson, L J

Donaldsons' essential public health - 4th - London : CRC Press, 2018 - xvii, 356p.

Essential public health

Text includes: Health in a changing world; Epidemiology and its uses; Communicable diseases; Non-communicable diseases; Social determinants of health; Health systems; Quality and safety of healthcare; Maternal and child health; Mental health; Disability; Health in later life; Environment and health; History of public health

This book brings together, in one volume, the main health problems experienced by populations and by the key groups within them, the strategies for promoting health and preventing disease, the principles and applications of epidemiology, the main themes of health policy and a description of health service provision. This fourth edition marks the biggest change to the book in 20 years. For the first time it sets each key subject area in a global health context, whilst retaining its traditional strength in covering population health for the United Kingdom.

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