BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 HEALTH AND DISEASE IN SOCIETY: HISTORICAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- BEGINNINGS IN ANTIQUITY -- THE MIDDLE AGES -- THE RENAISSANCE -- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES -- DEVELOPMENTS FROM 1875 -- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION -- PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION -- UNICEF -- DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS -- CHAPTER 2 PUBLIC HEALTH IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- PATTERNS SHARED AMONG DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- VARIATIONS AMONG DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- PATTERNS SHARED AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- VARIATIONS AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- HEALTH PROBLEMS AND OBSTACLES -- EDUCATION OF HEALTH PERSONNEL -- CHAPTER 3 HEALTH CARE IN SOCIETY -- ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES -- LEVELS OF HEALTH CARE -- COSTS OF HEALTH CARE -- IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- HEALTH INSURANCE -- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION -- PREVENTIVE MEDICINE -- MEDICARE AND MEDICAID -- MEDICAL PRACTICE IN DIFFERENT SOCIETIES -- MEDICAL PRACTICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES -- MEDICAL PRACTICE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- CHAPTER 4 LEGAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH CARE -- HISTORY OF HEALTH LAW -- RELATIONSHIP OF LAW AND ETHICS -- LAW AND MEDICAL PRACTICE -- GOVERNMENT FINANCING -- LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRACTICE -- THE EXCLUSIVE SYSTEMS -- THE TOLERANT SYSTEMS -- THE INCLUSIVE AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS -- LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON PRACTICE -- DETERMINATION OF DEATH -- TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY -- SUDDEN DEATH -- PUBLIC REPORTING -- LEGAL REDRESS -- PATIENTS' RIGHTS -- CHAPTER 5 DEFINING HEALTH AND DISEASE: NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE -- DEFINING HEALTH AND DISEASE -- NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE -- THE CAUSES OF DISEASE -- DISEASES OF GENETIC ORIGIN.

FACTORS RELATING TO GENETIC INJURY -- HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT -- CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL INJURY -- DISEASES OF IMMUNE ORIGIN -- CHAPTER 6 DEFINING HEALTH AND DISEASE: COMMUNICABLE DISEASE -- DISEASES OF BIOTIC ORIGIN -- INFECTIOUS AGENTS -- INVASIVENESS AND VIRULENCE -- PREDISPOSITION OF THE HOST -- VIRAL DISEASES -- BACTERIAL DISEASES -- FUNGI AND OTHER PARASITES -- DEFENSE AGAINST BIOTIC INVASION -- MAINTENANCE OF THE INTEGRITY OF SKIN AND MUCOSAL LININGS -- PHAGOCYTIC CELLS OF THE BODY -- THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE -- THE IMMUNE RESPONSE -- MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE -- HOST RESISTANCE -- APPARENT AND INAPPARENT INFECTION -- INHERITANCE OF RESISTANCE -- EPIDEMIOLOGY -- EPIDEMIC -- PANDEMIC -- CHAPTER 7 MAJOR DISEASES OF CONCERN IN MODERN SOCIETY -- OBESITY -- DEFINING OBESITY -- THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC -- CHILDHOOD OBESITY -- CAUSES OF OBESITY -- HEALTH EFFECTS OF OBESITY -- TREATMENT OF OBESITY -- DIABETES MELLITUS -- CAUSES AND TYPES -- DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT -- LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS -- PREVENTION -- CANCER -- TYPES OF TUMOURS -- RATES AND TRENDS -- DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER -- STRATEGIES FOR CANCER PREVENTION -- ALZHEIMER DISEASE -- STAGES OF DISEASE -- NEUROPATHOLOGY -- GENETIC VARIANTS -- TREATMENT -- EARLY DETECTION AND PREVENTION -- CHAPTER 8 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE -- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- THE PREINDUSTRIAL ERA -- THE INDUSTRIAL ERA -- THE MODERN ERA -- AIMS AND FUNCTIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES -- DISORDERS DUE TO CHEMICAL AGENTS -- GASES -- METALS -- ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- DUSTS -- DISORDERS DUE TO PHYSICAL AGENTS -- TEMPERATURE -- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE -- NOISE -- VIBRATION AND OTHER MECHANICAL STRESSES -- IONIZING RADIATION -- NONIONIZING RADIATION -- DISORDERS DUE TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS -- DISORDERS DUE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS -- CHAPTER 9 MEDICINE AND RESEARCH IN THE HEALTH OF SOCIETY.

SPECIALTIES IN MEDICINE -- INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE -- FAMILY HEALTH CARE -- GERIATRICS -- PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE -- ALTERNATIVE OR COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE -- CLINICAL RESEARCH -- HISTORICAL NOTES -- CLINICAL OBSERVATION -- DRUG RESEARCH -- DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SURGICAL TECHNIQUES -- DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SCREENING PROCEDURES -- FORENSIC MEDICINE -- BIOMONITORING -- DETECTION OF CHEMICALS -- STUDIES AND SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS -- SOCIOPOLITICAL RELEVANCE OF BIOMONITORING -- ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE -- MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE -- PREVENTION AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT -- SAFETY ENGINEERING -- BIOENGINEERING -- HEARING AID -- PROSTHESIS -- CHAPTER 10 DISEASE PREVENTION AND PROGRESS IN PUBLIC HEALTH -- PREVENTION -- QUARANTINE -- IMMUNIZATION AND VACCINATION -- PROGRESS IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- PREVENTABLE DISEASE AND THE INTEGRATION OF MEDICAL SERVICES -- BIOSTATISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- PROGRESS IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN HEALTH SERVICES AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AND MALNUTRITION -- HEALTH SERVICES AND NATIONAL HEALTH PLANNING -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PUBLIC HEALTH -- MEDICINE -- HUMAN DISEASE -- DISEASE -- HEALTH LAW -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.