Contested illnesses citizens, science, and health social movements

The politics and science of health and disease remain contested terrain among scientists, health practitioners, policy makers, industry, communities, and the public. Stakeholders in disputes about illnesses or conditions disagree over their fundamental causes as well as how they should be treated an...

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Main Authors:	Brown, Phil, Morello-Frosch, Rachel, Zavestoski, Stephen
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley University of California Press 2011
Edition:	1
Subjects:	access to healthcare Cancer Citizen participation Citizens Consumer Organizations Demonstrations & protests Environment environment and disease Environmental conditions environmental factors of disease Environmental health Environmental Illness evidence based medicine Health HEALTH & FITNESS HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues health activism health and disease health and social science Health Care Issues health movements health policy health policy books health practitioners Health Sciences healthcare and communities healthcare and policy healthcare industry healthcare politics Illness MEDICAL / Diseases MEDICAL / Health Policy medical ethics medical politics Public Health public health issues public health movements public health policy Science science and medicine Social Change Social justice Social medicine Social movements Stakeholder Toxicity treating patients medical politics public health movements public health issues access to healthcare science and medicine health activism public health policy health care issues health movements health and social science treating patients health and disease environment and disease healthcare and policy evidence based medicine healthcare industry environmental factors of disease health practitioners health policy healthcare and communities medical ethics healthcare politics health policy books public health
ISBN:	0520270215, 9780520270213, 9780520270206, 0520270207, 0520950429, 9780520950429
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Summary:	The politics and science of health and disease remain contested terrain among scientists, health practitioners, policy makers, industry, communities, and the public. Stakeholders in disputes about illnesses or conditions disagree over their fundamental causes as well as how they should be treated and prevented. This thought-provoking book crosses disciplinary boundaries by engaging with both public health policy and social science, asserting that science, activism, and policy are not separate issues and showing how the contribution of environmental factors in disease is often overlooked.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-306) and index SourceType-Books-1 ObjectType-Book-1 content type line 7
ISBN:	0520270215 9780520270213 9780520270206 0520270207 0520950429 9780520950429
DOI:	10.1525/9780520950429