Tuberculosis an interdisciplinary perspective
The fact that the World Health Organization has declared tuberculosis a "global emergency" indicates the serious inadequacy of the ways in which the control methods at our disposal are used. Several books on tuberculosis have been published in recent years, but none have taken a deep and d...
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1999
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| 264 | 1 | |a London, England |b Imperial College Press |c 1999 | |
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| 300 | |a xvii, 509 pages |b illustrations |c 23 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part I Introduction to Tuberculosis and Its Control; Chapter 1 The Global Burden of Tuberculosis; Chapter 2 Determinants of the Tuberculosis Burden in Populations; Chapter 3 A Critique of the Global Effort: Do Tuberculosis Control Programmes Only Exist on Paper? -- A Perspective From a Developing Country; Chapter 4 The Politics of Tuberculosis: The Role of Process and Power; Chapter 5 Public Health and Human Rights: The Ethics of International Public Health Interventions for Tuberculosis; Part II The Current International Structure. Chapter 6 Tuberculosis in High-Prevalence Countries -- Current Control Strategies and Their Technical and Operational LimitationsChapter 7 Tuberculosis Treatment in the Public and Private Sectors -- Potential for Collaboration; Chapter 8 Involving the Private Medical Sector in Tuberculosis Control: Practical Aspects; Chapter 9 Compliance Versus Adherence: Just a Matter of Language? The Politics and Poetics of Public Health; Part III Tuberculosis Treatment from the Patient's Perspective: Social and Economic Dimensions of Treatment-Seeking for Tuberculosis. Chapter 10 The Economics of Tuberculosis Diagnosis and TreatmentChapter 11 Socio-Cultural Dimensions in Tuberculosis Control; Chapter 12 Tuberculosis and HIV -- Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 13 Tuberculosis in Ethnic Minority Populations in Industrialised Countries; Chapter 14 Gender Issues in the Detection and Treatment of Tuberculosis; Part IV Alternative Approaches and Future Directions; Chapter 15 The Way Forward: An Integrated Approach to Tuberculosis Control; Chapter 16 Demystifying the Control of Tuberculosis in Rural Bangladesh. Chapter 17 A Response by Nurses to the Challenge of Tuberculosis in the United Kingdom and RussiaChapter 18 Tuberculosis and Health Sector Reform; Chapter 19 Applying Human Rights to Tuberculosis Control; Chapter 20 The Owl and the Pussycat Went to Sea: Moving Towards Intersectoral Policies to Prevent the Unequal Distribution of Tuberculosis; Chapter 21 Educational Approaches in Tuberculosis Control: Building on the 'Social' Paradigm | |
| 520 | |a The fact that the World Health Organization has declared tuberculosis a "global emergency" indicates the serious inadequacy of the ways in which the control methods at our disposal are used. Several books on tuberculosis have been published in recent years, but none have taken a deep and detailed look at the "holistic" aspects of global tuberculosis control, even though international agencies are increasingly aware of the importance of the numerous factors other than the design and efficacy of therapeutic drug regimens. This unique book fills that gap. Although it deals specifically with tuber | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Tuberculosis | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Tuberculosis |x Government policy | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Tuberculosis |x Epidemiology | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Porter, John D. H. |e editor | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Grange, John M. |e editor | |
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