Public Health in Asia And the Pacific

Public Health in Asia and the Pacific explores how disease patterns and health problems in different Asian countries, and the collective responses to them have been shaped over time by cultural, economic, social, demographic, environmental and political factors.With sixteen chapters, each devoted to a country in the Asia-Pacific region, this book takes a comparative and historical approach to the evolution of preventative medicine and public health, and offers a broader understanding of the link between health and society in a globalizing world.Macpherson, Kerrie L. is the author of 'Public Health in Asia And the Pacific ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415359627 and ISBN 0415359627.