Disease prevention as social change : the state, society, and public health in the United States, France, Great Britain, and Canada / Constance A. Nathanson.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-316) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The nineteenth century : from miasmas to microbes -- Infant mortality -- Tuberculosis -- Smoking -- HIV/AIDS in injection drug users -- Engines of policy change : the state and civil society -- Experts and zealots -- Political cultures and constructions of risk -- Conclusion.