Suggested purchase

Submitted on Mon, 2012-01-23 13:33

Here is an e-book that I would recommend for purchase:

https://www.library.uq.edu.au/patapi.php

Epidemiology and the People’s Health: Theory and Context
Nancy Krieger

Epidemiology is often referred to as the science of public health. However, unlike other major sciences, its theoretical foundations are rarely articulated. While the idea of epidemiologic theory may seem dry and arcane, it is at its core about explaining the people's health. It is about life and death. It is about biology and society. It is about ecology and the economy. It is about how myriad aspects of people's lives—involving work, dignity, desire, love, play, conflict, discrimination, and injustice—become literally incorporated into our bodies and manifest in our health status, individual ... More

Keywords: embodiment, epidemiology, health inequities, history, politics, population health, public health, social epidemiology, theory
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2011 Print ISBN-13: 9780195383874
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2011 DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383874.001.0001

Cheers
kaeleen

Comments

Submitted on Mon, 2012-01-23 15:38.

Thank you for your request Kaeleen. In 2011, the Library purchased a collection of online public health and epidemiology titles from the Oxford Scholarship Collection. The collection doesn't include the title by Krieger however an update to the public health and epidemiology collection that includes the title by Krieger is likely to be purchased soon. For more information please contact your Librarian, Christine Dalais.

Regards,
Lucy Cartmel, Library Manager