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One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance
Laura H. Kahn
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Description for One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance
Paperback. By integrating the perspectives of both medicine and agriculture and exploring the history and science behind the widespread use of growth-promoting antibiotics, One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance examines the controversy in a unique way while offering policy recommendations that all sides can accept. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JP; MBNS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Zoonoses-infectious diseases, such as SARS and mad cow, that originate in animals and spread to humans-reveal how intimately animal and human health are linked. Complicating this relationship further, when livestock are given antibiotics to increase growth, it can lead to resistant bacteria. Unfortunately, there are few formal channels for practitioners of human medicine and veterinary medicine to communicate about threats to public health. To address this problem, Dr. Laura H. Kahn and her colleagues are promoting the One Health concept, which seeks to increase communication and collaboration between professionals in human, animal, and environmental health. In One ... Read more
Zoonoses-infectious diseases, such as SARS and mad cow, that originate in animals and spread to humans-reveal how intimately animal and human health are linked. Complicating this relationship further, when livestock are given antibiotics to increase growth, it can lead to resistant bacteria. Unfortunately, there are few formal channels for practitioners of human medicine and veterinary medicine to communicate about threats to public health. To address this problem, Dr. Laura H. Kahn and her colleagues are promoting the One Health concept, which seeks to increase communication and collaboration between professionals in human, animal, and environmental health. In One ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
282g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421420042
SKU
V9781421420042
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About Laura H. Kahn
Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, is a physician and research scholar in the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She is the author of Who's In Charge? Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises.
Reviews for One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance
Some of her impartial findings will surprise readers and completely recolor the current conversation on antimicrobial resistance. Give a copy of this book to your legislators today.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
The author demonstrates her command of both the politics and the science of establishing medication guidelines throughout the book and approaches the subject with ... Read more
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
The author demonstrates her command of both the politics and the science of establishing medication guidelines throughout the book and approaches the subject with ... Read more