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Health and Globalization
Geoffrey Cockerham
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Description for Health and Globalization
Hardback. * Explores the links between health and globalization. * Considers important issues such as the global spread of pandemics (such as swine flu and bird flu), effects of migration, and health care systems across the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
This accessible book examines the multidimensional influence of globalization on human health and disease. The acceleration of globalization since the end of the Cold War has had numerous far-reaching impacts on health-related issues, both social and political, and as this book shows, globalization continues to present both positive and negative implications for the state of human health.
In Health and Globalization, Geoffrey and William Cockerham focus on the relationships between globalization and a variety of health-related topics including the spread of Western medicine, the rise of medical tourism, and adverse effects on the environment. Particular attention is paid to ... Read more
This accessible book examines the multidimensional influence of globalization on human health and disease. The acceleration of globalization since the end of the Cold War has had numerous far-reaching impacts on health-related issues, both social and political, and as this book shows, globalization continues to present both positive and negative implications for the state of human health.
In Health and Globalization, Geoffrey and William Cockerham focus on the relationships between globalization and a variety of health-related topics including the spread of Western medicine, the rise of medical tourism, and adverse effects on the environment. Particular attention is paid to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745645124
SKU
V9780745645124
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Ref
99-1
About Geoffrey Cockerham
Geoffrey B. Cockerham is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Utah University William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Reviews for Health and Globalization
"This book is an excellent contribution to our understanding of the extraordinarily complex relationship between globalization and health/illness as well as the positive and negative implications of this relationship. It also provides a most useful source of bibliographical materials on the subject." Mark Field, Harvard University "This book provides new, useful information on health, especially the idea ... Read more