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Understanding Global Health

C. Donald Combs, PhD

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Understanding Global Health
Markle W, Fisher M, Smego, R. 384 pages. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2007. $36.95. ISBN 9780071487849. Order at www.mhprofessional.com.
Field of medicine: Global health.
Format: Softcover book.
Audience: Clinicians, medical professionals, and students with an interest in global health.
Purpose: To provide health professionals with a readable, authoritative, and practical volume that will help them understand current and future global health problems.
Content: Chapters are organized from general consideration of global health to more specific consideration of such issues as environmental health, nutrition, injury, HIV/AIDS, emerging diseases, aging populations, and chronic illness. Each chapter begins with learning objectives and study questions intended to improve the readers' learning experience. Introductory chapters provide an excellent overview of global health issues and the impact of the global burden of disease, whereas later chapters analyze such topics as epidemiology, women's health, environmental health, primary care, economics, health system management, ethics, education, and careers in global health.
Highlights: The book successfully provides an overview of the major topics in global health. The authors present information that, although concise, provides a sufficiently thorough introduction to a topic of growing relevance. This comprehensive introductory book will be useful to practitioners and students whether they are beginning their study of global health or are already working in the field.
Limitations: Global health is obviously multifaceted and, to some extent, this book...
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Combs CD. Understanding Global Health. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:440. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-6-200809160-00024

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(6):440.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-6-200809160-00024

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