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Edition
2nd edition.
Description
xxiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note
Previous edition: 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
What is health? -- Contemporary threats to health -- Investigating health -- Sociology -- Social anthropology -- Health psychology -- Health promotion -- Individual characteristics and their influence upon health -- Social and community characteristics and their influence upon health -- The physical environment and its influence upon health -- Policy influences upon health -- The global context of health -- Synthesizing perspectives : case studies for action.
Summary
"A comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the field"-- Provided by publisher.