Plagues and Politics: Infectious Disease and International Policy

By: Price-Smith, Andrew T.

Book Overview

Notes on the Contributors Introduction; A.T.Price-Smith Factors in the Emergence of Infectious Diseases; S.S.Morse Climate, Ecology and Human Health; P.R.Epstein The Economics of Emerging Infections in the Asia Pacific Region: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?; R.Davis & A.M.Kimball Economic Growth, Disruption, Deprivation, Disease, and Death: On the Importance of the Politics of Public Health for Development; S.Szreter Disease, Deprivation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333800664
• ISBN13: 9780333800669
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"