Contested Illnesses : Citizens, Science, and Health Social Movements /
Brown, Phil,editor.
Morello-Frosch, Rachel,editor.
Zavestoski, Stephen,editor.
The politics and science of health and disease remain contested terrain among scientists, health practitioners, policy makers, industry, communities, and the public. Stakeholders in disputes about illnesses or conditions disagree over their fundamental causes as well as how they should be treated and prevented. This thought-provoking book crosses disciplinary boundaries by engaging with both public health policy and social science, asserting that science, activism, and policy are not separate issues and showing how the contribution of environmental factors in disease is often overlooked.
Specialized.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.

The politics and science of health and disease remain contested terrain among scientists, health practitioners, policy makers, industry, communities, and the public. Stakeholders in disputes about illnesses or conditions disagree over their fundamental causes as well as how they should be treated and prevented. This thought-provoking book crosses disciplinary boundaries by engaging with both public health policy and social science, asserting that science, activism, and policy are not separate issues and showing how the contribution of environmental factors in disease is often overlooked.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
Environmental health
Social medicine
Hypersensitivity
Organizations
Health Occupations
Sociology
Disorders of Environmental Origin
Socioeconomic Factors
Population Characteristics
Social Sciences
Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Health Care
Social Change
Environmental Illness
Consumer Organizations
Environmental Health