This book, based on extensive original research, considers the transformation of public health systems in major East, South and Southeast Asian countries in the period following the Second World War. It examines how public health concepts, policies, institutions and practices were improved, shows how international health standards were implemented, sometimes through the direct intervention of transnational organisations, and explores how indigenous traditions and local social and cultural concerns affected developments, with, in some cases, the construction of public health systems forming an important part of nation-building in post-war and post-independence countries. Throughout, the book relates developments in public health systems to people's health, demographic changes, and economic and social reconstruction projects.
| ISBN: | 9780415719056 |
| Publication date: | 11th August 2014 |
| Author: | Liping Bu, Kache Yip |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 218 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia |
| Genres: |
Health, illness and addiction: social aspects Regional / International studies Sociology Public administration Medical sociology History of medicine |
This book, based on extensive original research, considers the transformation of public health systems in major East, South and Southeast Asian countries in the period following the Second World War. It examines how public health concepts, policies, institutions and practices were improved, shows how international health standards were implemented, sometimes through the direct intervention of transnational organisations, and explores how indigenous traditions and local social and cultural concerns affected developments, with, in some cases, the construction of public health systems forming an important part of nation-building in post-war and post-independence countries. Throughout, the book relates developments in public health systems to people's health, demographic changes, and economic and social reconstruction projects.
Public Health and National Reconstruction in Post-War Asia features in the following genres: Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Regional / International studies, Sociology, Public administration, Medical sociology, History of medicine
Public Health and National Reconstruction in Post-War Asia is available in Hardback
Public Health and National Reconstruction in Post-War Asia was written by Liping Bu, Kache Yip and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Public Health and National Reconstruction in Post-War Asia has 218 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia series
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