A Life in Public Health: An Insider's Retrospective

by Lester Breslow and Lester Breslow MD MPH

Book Overview

From his time as a Truman appointee on the Health Needs of the Nation to his tenure as Dean of UCLA's School of Public Health, Dr. Lester Breslow has been a force behind the most important public health developments of the last century. With his trademark humor and conviction, Breslow recounts his participation in the field's ground swell from the study of communicable disease to the current control of chronic illnesses. He reveals the story behind...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826127142
• ISBN13: 9780826127143
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"