Global Health Diplomacy: Concepts, Issues, Actors, Instruments, Fora and Cases

by Ilona Kickbusch

Book Overview

The world's problems are indeed world problems: social and environmental crises, global trade and politics, and major epidemics are making public health a pressing global concern. From this constantly changing scenario, global health diplomacy has evolved, at the intersection of public health, international relations, law, economics, and management-a new discipline with transformative potential. Global Health Diplomacy situates this concept firmly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146145400X
• ISBN13: 9781461454007
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"