The Public Health category focuses on the health and well-being of communities and populations rather than individual patients. These books explore how societies prevent disease, promote healthier lifestyles, and respond to health challenges that affect large groups of people.
Topics may include epidemiology, sanitation, nutrition, vaccination, environmental health, healthcare policy, and the management of epidemics and global health crises. Historical works trace the development of public health systems, while modern studies examine issues such as health equity, access to care, and the social factors that influence health outcomes.
Together, these works highlight the collective efforts of scientists, physicians, policymakers, and communities working to improve health and extend quality of life for people around the world.
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A scholarly study of medical practice in early fourteenth-century Spain before the Black Death. Drawing on archival records, Michael R. McVaugh examines physicians, barber-surgeons, and other healers and the growing influence of learned Greco-Arabic medicine in medieval society. Used – Very Good condition with minor dust jacket wear.
A bestselling work of science journalism exploring how many of the world’s most dangerous diseases originate in animals. David Quammen investigates the phenomenon of “spillover” and the scientific search to understand and prevent future pandemics. Used – Very Good condition with minor cover wear.
A scholarly examination of gender, public health, and social reform in Latin America, focusing particularly on Argentina. Historian Donna J. Guy explores issues of motherhood, labor, morality, and state intervention in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Used – Good condition with minor cover wear.