Public Health in Asia and the Pacific by Milton J Lewis

Public Health in Asia and the Pacific by Milton J Lewis

This book explores how disease patterns and health problems in Asia and the Pacific, and collective responses to them, have been shaped over time by cultural, economic, social, demographic, environmental and political factors.

'This is the first major book on the development of modern public health in Asia and the PacificCompared to other studies, this book not only provides discussion of the contemporary sanitary situation in these regions, but also considers the historical background of each location....Given the rising interest in medical history in Asian scholarship, this book is a ‘‘must-read.’’' - SHI-YUNG LIU, China Quarterly, 2008

'Its coverage is impressive and illuminates the history of health and medicine in some contexts which have received very little attention to date...the essays collected in this volume provide historians and public health workers with a succinct and up-to-date review of developments in a region which is crucial to the health of the whole world.' - Mark Harrison, University of Oxford

'This book is well overdue. Public health history in Asia and the Pacific is critical for any number of reasons—historical and contemporary, biological andsocial, familiar and alien. The editors, then, should be congratulated on bringing together such an important project, and for gathering such a fine troupe of scholars—sociologists, anthropologists, demographers, and historians.' - Alison Bashford, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 2009, 83

‘This volume offers multiple resources for historians, anthropologists, sociologists, public health experts, and policy analysts. It will be an indispensable handbook for those interested in a rapid, but in-depth, overview of the issues facing each of the countries covered.’ – Bonnie McElhinny, University of Toronto, Bulletin of the Pacific Circle, No.24, April 2010

Milton J. Lewis, an historian of medicine and public health, was a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Public Health, 1989- 2006 and is now at the Australian Health Policy Institute, University of Sydney.

Kerrie L. MacPherson is an Associate Professor of History in the Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, the University of Hong Kong.

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ISBN 13	9780415666497
ISBN 10	041566649X
Title	Public Health in Asia and the Pacific
Author	Milton J Lewis
Series	Routledge Advances In Asia-Pacific Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2011-04-15
Number of pages	304
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