{"product_id":"one-health-and-the-politics-laura-h-kahn-9781421420042","title":"One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoes the use of low-dose antibiotics in livestock put human health at risk?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZoonoses--infectious diseases, such as SARS and mad cow, that originate in animals and spread to humans--reveal how intimately animal and human health are linked. Complicating this relationship further, when livestock are given antibiotics to increase growth, it can lead to resistant bacteria. Unfortunately, there are few formal channels for practitioners of human medicine and veterinary medicine to communicate about threats to public health. To address this problem, Dr. Laura H. Kahn and her colleagues are promoting the One Health concept, which seeks to increase communication and collaboration between professionals in human, animal, and environmental health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOne Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Kahn investigates the use of antibiotics and the surge in antimicrobial resistance in food animals and humans from a One Health perspective. Although the medical community has blamed the problem on agricultural practices, the agricultural community insists that antibiotic resistance is the result of indiscriminate use of antibiotics in human medicine. Dr. Kahn argues that this blame game has fueled the politics of antibiotic resistance and hindered the development of effective policies to address the worsening crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining painstaking research with unprecedented access to international data, the book analyzes the surprising outcomes of differing policy approaches to antibiotic resistance around the globe. By integrating the perspectives of both medicine and agriculture and exploring the history and science behind the widespread use of growth-promoting antibiotics, \u003ci\u003eOne Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the controversy in a unique way while offering policy recommendations that all sides can accept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura H. Kahn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 142142004X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421420042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017","brand":"Laura H. Kahn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072941551871,"sku":"9781421420042","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ee4177e-1dee-478d-943e-4a7bcc9e80d6.jpg?v=1685444853","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-health-and-the-politics-laura-h-kahn-9781421420042","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}