Bibliograph

Battling and managing disease, edited by Kara Rogers

Type

Label

Battling and managing disease, edited by Kara Rogers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [196]-199) and index

Illustrations

illustrationscharts

Index

index present

resource.interestGradeLevel

9-12, Medialog, Inc

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Battling and managing disease

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Kara Rogers

Series statement

Health and disease in society

Summary

This book describes the history of the study of diseases from the culture of ancient Greece when people began to formulate scientific theories about the origins of disease to the understanding of microorganisms to immunization to medical specialties such as microbiology and imaging technologies

Table Of Contents

Health and disease in society : historical and international perspectives - Public health in developed and developing countries - Health care in society - Legal aspects of health care - Defining health and disease : noncommunicable disease - Defining health and disease : communicable disease - Major diseases of concern in modern society - Occupational disease - Medicine and research in the health of society - Disease prevention and progress in public health

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