A Textbook of Preventive Medicine

Author: McNeil, J.J.; King, R.W.F; Jennings, G.L.; Powles. J.W.

Publication Year: 1990

Contents

Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. Morbidity and mobility in Australia: How much is preventable?
Chapter 2. Strategies for prevention
Chapter 3. Screening programmes in disease control
Chapter 4. Prenatal and presymptomatic diagnosis in genetic disease
Chapter 5. The prevention of breast cancer and cervical cancer
Chapter 6. Cancer prevention: Gastrointestinal cancer
Chapter 7. Perspectives on immunisation
Chapter 8. Malaria: Current strategies for protection against malaria and prospects for vaccines
Chapter 9. Control of Viral Hepatitis
Chapter 10. Epidemiology of HIV infection
Chapter 11. Prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke: An overview
Chapter 12. Prospects for the non-pharmacological control of hypertension
Chapter 13. What can be learnt from the major drug trials in hypertension?
Chapter 14. Large scale trials of lipid movement
Chapter 15. Smoking cessation strategies
Chapter 16. Declining cardiovascular mortality: Lessons for preventive medicine
Chapter 17. Obesity: Its prevention
Chapter 18. Alcohol: Individual abuse, community responsibility
Chapter 19. Prospects for prevention of osteoporosis
Chapter 20. Injury control
Chapter 21. Disease prevention in the workplace
Chapter 22. Global patterns and disadvantaged populations
Chapter 23. Inequalities in health: The epidemiological evidence - and the gaps
Chapter 24. Prevention in general practice
Chapter 25. The role of health social science in preventive medicine
Chapter 26. Preventive geriatric medicine: Anticipatory care and the elderly
Chapter 27. The economics of prevention
Chapter 28. The role of advertising in preventive medicine
Chapter 29. Current directions in public health and preventive medicine
Chapter 30. An uncertain future: Human conflict and environmental disruption

Format	Print
Keywords	cervical cancer, breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, preventive care, preventive medicine, renal cancer, gynaecologic cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, heart diseases
Publisher	Edward Arnold A division of Hodder and Stoughton
Classification	preventive medicine
ISBN	071318342X
Pages	340
Categories:	Books