Sick Societies

Author : Robert B. Edgerton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sick Societies written by Robert B. Edgerton and published by . This book was released on 1992-11-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and scholar Robert Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent societies were cruel, confused, and misled.

Author : Robert B. Edgerton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451602324
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sick Societies written by Robert B. Edgerton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and scholar Robert Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent societies were cruel, confused, and misled.

Author : David Stuckler
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191621056
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sick Societies written by David Stuckler and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic diseases-heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, and common cancers-claim more than one out of every two lives worldwide. Within the next few decades their toll will rise, most greatly in developing countries. Yet this rapid growth of chronic diseases is not being met with a proportionate global response. Left unaddressed, they pose a major threat to social and economic development. This book is the first to synthesize the growing evidence-base surrounding chronic disease, comprehensively addressing the prevention and control of chronic diseases from epidemiologic, economic, prevention/management, and political economy perspectives. Sick Societies is written in five main parts. The first three chapters explore the causes and consequences of chronic diseases on a global level. Chapter four identifi es different approaches to preventing and managing chronic diseases, while chapters five and six consider the power and politics in global health that have stymied an effective response to chronic disease. In chapter seven, the themes from the first three parts come into focus through a series of invited contributions from leading public health experts. The final chapter sets out a model of pragmatic and imaginative solidarity, wherein the struggles of the rich and poor to survive are united by a common cause and shared goals.

Author : Robert B. Edgerton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451602324
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sick Societies written by Robert B. Edgerton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and scholar Robert Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent societies were cruel, confused, and misled.

Author : Henry Lilley SMITH
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alfred Societies; or a plan for very small sick clubs, etc written by Henry Lilley SMITH and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Wilkinson
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595586601
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Inequality written by Richard Wilkinson and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “powerful and provocative” inquiry into the relationship between societies’ inequality and their citizens’ health, happiness and well-being (Lisa Berkman, Harvard School of Public Health). Comparing the United States with other market democracies, and one American state with another, this book presents irrefutable evidence that inequality is a driver of poor health, social conflict, and violence. Pioneering social scientist Richard Wilkinson addresses the growing feeling—so common in the United States—that modern societies, despite their material success, are social failures. The Impact of Inequality explains why inequality has such devastating effects on the quality and length of our lives. Wilkinson shows that inequality leads to stress, which in turn creates sickness on the individual and mass level. As a consequence, society suffers widespread unhappiness and high levels of violence, depression, and mistrust across the social spectrum. With persuasive evidence and fascinating analysis, the diagnosis is clear: Social and political equality are essential to improving life for everyone. Wilkinson argues that even small reductions in inequality can make an important difference—for, as this book explains, social relations are always built on material foundations. “This new book, a wonderful work of synthesis, brings insight into how conditions of society impact on people’s daily lives. . . . It is a stimulating and exciting book.” —Sir Michael Marmot, author of The Status Syndrome

Author : Peter A. Kemp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sick Societies? written by Peter A. Kemp and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compares trends in the receipt of disability benefits six countries over the past two decades.

Author : Henry RATCLIFFE
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
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Download or read book Observations on the Rate of Mortality and Sickness existing amongst Friendly Societies: particularised for various trades, occupations, and localities. With a series of tables, showing the value of annuities, sick-gift, assurance for death, ... calculated from the experience of the Members composing the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity Friendly Society ... edition of 1861 written by Henry RATCLIFFE and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Ratcliffe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
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Download or read book Observations on the rate of mortality and sickness existing among friendly societies written by Henry Ratcliffe and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Highland Society of Scotland
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on Friendly Or Benefit Societies, Exhibiting the Law of Sickness, as Deduced from Returns by Friendly Societies in Different Parts of Scotland ... written by Highland Society of Scotland and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: