American health crisis one hundred years of panic, planning, and politics / Martin Halliwell.
| Author/creator | Halliwell, Martin |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. 1918 : Woodrow Wilson, crisis, and the arc of public health -- Disaster : Mississippi flood, Buffalo Creek, Hurricane Katrina -- Poverty : Dust Bowl, urban ghetto, Indian reservation -- Pollution : nuclear fallout, water contamination, climate change -- Virus : influenza, polio, HIV/AIDS -- Care : postwar hospitals, community action, vet centers -- Drugs : Methadone, Diazepam, Fentanyl -- Conclusion. 2018 : Obama, Trump, and the future of health citizenship -- Coda 2020 |
| Abstract | "Despite enormous advances in medical science and public health education over the last century, access to health care remains a dominant issue in American life. U.S. health care is often hailed as the best in the world, yet the public health emergencies of today very often echo the public health emergencies of yesterday: the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 and COVID-19; the displacement of the Dust Bowl and the havoc of Hurricane Maria; the Reagan administration's antipathy toward the AIDS epidemic and the lack of accountability during the water crisis in Flint, Michigan"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Halliwell, Martin. American health crisis Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] 9780520379404 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020037072 |
| ISBN | 9780520976719 (pdf) |
| ISBN | (cloth) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |