The Last Thirty Years in Public Health (Routledge Revivals)

ISBN-13: 9781138905375 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 394 str.

Sir Arthur Newsholme

Opis

First published in 1936, this book is a continuation of Sir Arthur Newsholme’s Fifty Years in Public Health and covers a wide variety of topics in relation to the subject. Topics explored include the administration of public health, insurance for medical care, child health, The Great War, tropical medicine and American pioneers in public health.

Spis treści

Preface;  Part 1: Official Life in Whitehall  1. Introductory  2. Personal  3. Previous Medical Officers of the Local Government Boards  4. Local Administration of Public Health  5. Central Administration of Public Health  6. Secretaries and Technicians in the Government  7. Poverty in Relation to Sickness. The Chief Problem of Public Health  8. The Increasing Humanity of Destitution Authorities  9. The Investigations and Reports of the Royal Commission of 1905-9  10. Medical Care under the Poor Law  11. Difficulties in initiating Orderly Reform  12. Insurance for Medical Care  13. National Sickness Insurance  14. Provision for Research. Investigations on Tuberculosis  15. The Administrative Control of Tuberculosis  16. The Control of Venerable Diseases  17. The Evolution of Preventative Medicine: its Physiological side  18. Office Inquiries and Reports on Infant and Child Mortality  19. Public Administration and Child Health  20. Rivalry between Government Departments  21. Natural Selection and Infant Mortality. Investigations in Eugenics  22. Motherhood  23. Maternal Mortality  24. The Great War  Part 2: Recollections of American Public Health and Social Work  25. The Red Cross in Peace Time  26. Itineraries  27. William Henry Welch  28. Other American Pioneers in Public Helath  29. Work and Leisure at Baltimore  30. The Training and Tenure Office of Public Health Officers  31. American Public Health as related to Federal and State Government  32. City Administration in the United States  33. Voluntary Agencies in Public Health and Welfare Work in the United States  34. Endowed Foundations and Socio-Hygenic Work in America  35. The Story of "Prohibition" in the United States  36. Outstanding American Achievements in Public Health  37. American Achievements in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Diseases  38. Health Problems in Tropical Medicine  Part 3: The Increasing Socialisaion of Medicine  39. European Inquiries on Medical Work  40. The Costs of Medical Care in the United States  41. Two National Medical Associations: A Contrast  42. A Visit to Soviet Russia  43. Soviet Communism  44. Nationalised or State Medical Services in U.S.S.R  45. Nationalised Medical Services in other Countries;  List of Personal Contributions to Journals, etc.;  Epilogue;  Index of Names of Persons;  Index of Subjects

O autorze

Sir Arthur Newsholme