Air, the Environment and Public Health
Air, the Environment and Public Health
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USDAnthony Kessel explores the changing conceptions of air and health alongside historical developments in public health, and critically examines contemporary problems--conceptual, scientific, philosophical and ethical--in public health theory and practice. His book is a unique blend of public health science, history of medicine, ethics and philosophy. Its multi-disciplinary approach will be of interest to students as well as professionals in public health, environmental health, medicine, history of medicine, environmental philosophy, and medical ethics.
- Interdisciplinary, it is a blend of public health science, history of medicine, ethics and philosophy
- Relevant to contemporary concerns about air pollution and climate change
- Suitable for students of public health and professional practitioners
Reviews & endorsements
"Kessel successfully engages the reader in the important debate on air pollution and global warming, an expands the boundaries of the debate to include some of the philosophical bases of Western civilization. And that is not a mean feat."
Sverre Vedal, Respiratory Care
Product details
April 2011Paperback
9780521157735
258 pages
244 × 170 × 14 mm
0.42kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Glossary of terms and abbreviations
- Foreword David Greaves and Tony McMichael
- Introduction
- Part I. Whole Air:
- 1. Early conceptions of air and health
- 2. Miasma, contagion, and survival of the fittest
- Part II. Polluted Air:
- 3. As far as is practicable: air pollution policy and public health in England, 1800–1900
- 4. Hot air but little action: air pollution policy and public health in England, 1900–1939
- 5. Disaster, reductionism and personal responsibility: air pollution policy and public health, 1939–1970
- Part III. Air Pollution, Epidemiology and Public Health: Theoretical and Philosophical Considerations:
- 6. Measuring the health effects of polluted air: quantitative risk assessment case-study
- 7. Epidemiological theory and philosophical considerations
- 8. Public health, philosophy and the nature of evidence
- Part IV. New Horizons:
- 9. Climate change: science and utilitarianism
- 10. Climate change, social justice, and other moral frameworks
- 11. The bigger picture: environmental ethics and new moral horizons in public health
- 12. Conclusions and recommendations
- Index.
