Health
Subtitle: truths and consequences!
By: Alfred Sommer.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780801893872
Subjects: Public health -- United States; Health; Medical policy -- United States; Health Status -- United States; Health Policy -- United States; Public Health -- United States; Social Medicine -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Genesis : from few to many-in fits and starts; title: Disease is the sum of all evils; title: Genes : sometimes "destiny," sometimes not; title: The complex nature of causality; title: The consequences of our own behavior; title: Choosing the healthier lifestyle; title: From science to policy : the path is anything but linear; title: The U.S. health care system; title: Who's healthy? Who's not? Why?.