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The Worlds of Public Health analyzes the moral and political issues at stake in the practice of public health today, including the influence of positivism, the boundaries of disease, conspiracy theories, morality tests, and the challenges posed by the health of migrants and prisoners. This exploration transports readers from South Africa, the country most impacted by the AIDS epidemic, to Ecuador, with the supposedly highest maternal mortality rate in Latin America; from the scientific controversies concerning the so-called worm wars in Kenya to conflicts between doctors and patients around Gulf War syndrome in the United States; from lead poisoning and public housing in France to the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide. Through these case studies, Didier Fassin argues that, ultimately, public health is a politics of life, revealing the different and unequal ways in which life is valued - and either protected or not - in contemporary societies.
The Worlds of Public Health analyzes the moral and political issues at stake in the practice of public health today, including the influence of positivism, the boundaries of disease, conspiracy theories, morality tests, and the challenges posed by the health of migrants and prisoners. This exploration transports readers from South Africa, the country most impacted by the AIDS epidemic, to Ecuador, with the supposedly highest maternal mortality rate in Latin America; from the scientific controversies concerning the so-called worm wars in Kenya to conflicts between doctors and patients around Gulf War syndrome in the United States; from lead poisoning and public housing in France to the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide. Through these case studies, Didier Fassin argues that, ultimately, public health is a politics of life, revealing the different and unequal ways in which life is valued - and either protected or not - in contemporary societies.
The Birth of Public Health
The Truth in Numbers
Epistemic Boundaries
Conspiracy Theories
Ethical Crises
Precarious Exiles
Carceral Ordeals
Readings of the Pandemic
Endnotes
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 272 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781509558285 |
| ISBN-10: | 1509558284 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Fassin, Didier |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Maße: | 152 x 227 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Didier Fassin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.06.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,434 kg |
The Birth of Public Health
The Truth in Numbers
Epistemic Boundaries
Conspiracy Theories
Ethical Crises
Precarious Exiles
Carceral Ordeals
Readings of the Pandemic
Endnotes
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 272 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781509558285 |
| ISBN-10: | 1509558284 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Fassin, Didier |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Maße: | 152 x 227 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Didier Fassin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.06.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,434 kg |
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