Ebook: Medizin und öffentliche Gesundheit: Konzepte, Akteure, Perspektiven

Publication of Historisches Kolleg

Public health is confronting new challenges as a result of new technologies and shifting boundaries between health and illness. Looking at past history, this volume examines societal and political ambivalences in health care discourse. The issues discussed include public health ethics, controlling epidemics, health education media, and gender-specific health promotion.