Part of the Understanding Public Health series, this book offers students and practitioners an accessible exploration of global health. Global health is a relat

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Perhaps no other public policy issue has greater potential to affect some of the most significant economic, political, social, and ethical changes of the 21st c

Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change. Through case studies of cultures aro

Exploring the links between health and globalization, this title considers important issues such as the global spread of pandemics (such as swine flu and bird f