American health crisis : one hundred years of panic, planning, and politics /

American health crisis : one hundred years of panic, planning, and politics / Martin Halliwell.

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"Despite enormous advances in medical science and public health education over the last century, access to health care remains a dominant issue in American life. U.S. health care is often hailed as the best in the world, yet the public health emergencies of today very often echo the public heal...

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Main Author: Halliwell, Martin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Public health > Political aspects > United States.
Emergency management > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Emergency management.
Medical policy.
Public health > Political aspects.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. 1918 : Woodrow Wilson, crisis, and the arc of public health
  • Disaster : Mississippi flood, Buffalo Creek, hurricane Katrina
  • Poverty : dust bowl, urban ghetto, Indian reservation
  • Pollution : nuclear fallout, water contamination, climate change
  • Virus : influenza, polio, HIV/AIDS
  • Care : postwar hospitals, community action, vet centers
  • Drugs : Methadone, Diazepam, Fentanyl
  • Conclusion. 2018 : Obama, Trump, and the future of health citizenship.

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