Epidemiology and Culture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521790505)

Demonstrating how practitioners in the emerging field of "cultural epidemiology" describe human health, communicate with diverse audiences, and intervene to improve health and prevent disease, this book uses textual and statistical portraits of disease to describe interdisciplinary collaborations. Interpreting epidemiology as a cultural practice helps to reveal the ways in which measurement, causal thinking, and intervention design are influenced by belief, habit, and theories of power.

Author: James A. Trostle
ISBN-10: 0521790506
ISBN-13: 9780521790505
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2005
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d