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The health of the people / David Skegg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: BWB textsPublisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Bridget Williams Books Limited, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 144 pages ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1988545587
  • 9781988545585
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 353.6280993 23
LOC classification:
  • RA395.N45 S54 2019
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Genes, environment and chance -- 2. Rating New Zealand's performance -- 3. Reasons for failure -- 4. A different model -- 5. Promises made... and broken 6. Options for the future.
Summary: "In August 2016, forty per cent of the residents of Havelock North were struck down by a serious bacterial infection. Eminent medical researcher David Skegg argues that the outbreak highlights weaknesses in our country's health infrastructure - weaknesses already evident in problems ranging from child nutrition to cancer. New Zealand, Skegg explains, must invest more in public health and find the political will needed to oppose the forces that damage health. Personal health care is important, but we neglect public health at our peril"--Publisher information.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 353.6280993 SKE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A539817B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 353.6280993 SKE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A539820B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 353.6280993 SKE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A539814B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 353.6280993 SKE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A539812B

"Public health is compromised by a lack of central leadership and commitment"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- 1. Genes, environment and chance -- 2. Rating New Zealand's performance -- 3. Reasons for failure -- 4. A different model -- 5. Promises made... and broken 6. Options for the future.

"In August 2016, forty per cent of the residents of Havelock North were struck down by a serious bacterial infection. Eminent medical researcher David Skegg argues that the outbreak highlights weaknesses in our country's health infrastructure - weaknesses already evident in problems ranging from child nutrition to cancer. New Zealand, Skegg explains, must invest more in public health and find the political will needed to oppose the forces that damage health. Personal health care is important, but we neglect public health at our peril"--Publisher information.

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