From Pathology to Politics: Public Health in America
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (956 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1412807360 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the founder and editor of the Journal of Labor Research and has authored ten books with Transaction, including Mandate Madness and Corporate Welfare.Thomas J. DiLorenzo is professor of economics at the Sellinger School of Business and Management at Loyo
Then they trace the evolution of the American public health movement from its founding after the Civil War to the 1950s. Students of public policy and public health officials, along with readers interested in public health issues, will find this absorbing reading.. A final chapter discusses the implications of the transformation of public health from pathology to politics. During the summer months, those who live in or near urban areas are bombarded with daily smog measurements and air pollution alerts. Some of us are told we live in a "cancer cluster"-an area with a disproportionate number of cancer deaths. This vigorously argued
The science and politics of the public health lobby From Pathology to Politics: Public Health in America. How the Public-Health Establishment Puts Us at Risk, by economists James T. Bennett and Thomas J. DiLorenzo, is a serious critique of America's public-health establishment. Why? Because it has immersed itself in politics more than science! I wrote a review for this excellent little book years ago that was publi
"A serious, eye-opening indictment of America's public-health establishment. Faria, Jr, "Ideas on Liberty" . Bennett and DiLorenzo mark the release of the federal government's "Kerner Report" of 1968 as the point when the public-health establishment (PHE), incarnated in the American Public Health Association (APHA), crossed its Rubicon and left the realm of science for the realm of politics. That report, discussing the "root causes" of poverty, was embraced by the APHA, which then boldly announced that "social policy rather than public health, per se, would hencefort