STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of The Health of Populations: Beyond Medicine by Dr. Jack James. This book provides a carefully constructed and thoroughly evidence-based critique of the limitations of conventional biomedical healthcare. Elsevier also introduced four new public health books published this year.
The Health of Populations uses current research and in-depth analysis to provide insights into the issues and challenges of population health -- a subject of increasing concern, due largely to rapid population growth, population aging, rising costs and diminishing resources, health inequality and the global rise in non-communicable diseases. It is divided into three sections that focus on the science of health, the harm of medicine, and how to achieve optimal health. By highlighting the benefits of preventing incidence of disease, the book illustrates how biomedicine needs to be repositioned from the dominant approach in healthcare to an adjunct to behavioural, legislative, social and other preventive means for optimizing population health.
The five new public health books are: The Health of Populations: Beyond Medicine by Jack James; Friends and Partners: The Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor in the History of Polio by David Rose; Participatory Health through Social Media edited by Shabbir Syed-Abdul, Elia Gabarron and Annie Lau; Informed and Healthy: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives on the Value of Information to Health Care by Maria Musoke; and Medical and Health Genomics edited by Dhavendra Kumar and Stylianos Antonarakis.
In order to meet content needs in public health, Elsevier uses proprietary tools to identify the gaps in coverage of the topics. Editorial teams strategically fill those gaps with content written by key influencers in the field, giving students, faculty and researchers the content they need to answer challenging questions and improve outcomes. These new books, which will educate the next generation of public health advocates and provide critical foundational content for information professionals, are key examples of how Elsevier is enabling science to drive innovation.
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