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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
unpurified Drinking Water. Improper Use Of Antibiotics. Local Warfare. Massive Refugee Migration. Changing Social And Environmental Conditions Around The World Have Fostered The Spread Of New And Pote...ntially Devastating Viruses And Diseases--hiv, Lassa, Ebola, And Others. Laurie Garrett Takes You On A Fifty-year Journey Through The World's Battles With Microbes And Examines The Worldwide Conditions That Have Culminated In Recurrent Outbreaks Of Newly Discovered Diseases, Epidemics Of Diseases Migrating To New Areas, And Mutated Old Diseases That Are No Longer Curable. She Argues That It Is Not Too Late To Take Action To Prevent The Further Onslaught Of Viruses And Microbes, And Offers Possible Solutions For A Healthier Future. publishers Weekly documenting The Plausible Threat Of Major New Worldwide Epidemics, As Well As Eruptions Of Recently Discovered Diseases, Garrett's Gripping And Frightening Report Sounds A Wake-up Call To The Planet. Wars, Sexual Promiscuity, Inept Public-health Efforts And Development Schemes That Disrupt Ecosystems Are Some Of The Factors She Says Contribute To The Alarmingly Rapid Mutation Of Viruses, The Pandemics Sweeping Through The Animal World, And The Spread Of Human Diseases To New Areas. Health And Science Writer For New York Newsday, Garrett Discusses The Tremendous Increase In Aids And Hiv Infection Across Asia, Outbreaks Of The Incredibly Lethal Ebola Virus In Africa, And The Spread Of Diseases Via Human Technologies (such As Tampons Contributing To Toxic Shock Syndrome). Her First-rate Investigation Concludes With A Call For A Global Early Warning System To Rapidly Detect New Diseases And Drug-resistant Strains. Bomc, Qpb And Natural Science Book Club Selections.
The Good Doctor
A finalist for the Man Booker Prize and Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the region of Africa, The Good Doctor is a taut, intense tale of the dashed hopes of the post apartheid era and th...e small betrayals that doom a friendship. It has been greeted with enthusiastic interest around the world and assures Damon Galgut's place as a major international talent. When Laurence Waters arrives at his new post at a deserted rural hospital, staff physician Frank Eloff is instantly suspicious. Laurence is everything Frank is not—young, optimistic, and full of big ideas. The whole town is beset with new arrivals and the return of old faces. Frank reestablishes a liaison with a woman, one that will have unexpected consequences. A self-made dictator from apartheid days is rumored to be active in cross-border smuggling, and a group of soldiers has moved in to track him, led by a man from Frank's own dark past. Laurence sees only possibilities—but in a world where the past is demanding restitution from the present, his ill-starred idealism cannot last.The New YorkerLike most elements of this slim, absorbing novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, the title is ambiguous. The narrator, Frank, is a doctor, but, to judge from our first impression, not a good one. After the collapse of his marriage, he has retreated to a hospital in a rural backwater. His uneventful existence is disturbed by the arrival of Laurence, a young doctor eager to help the poor black inhabitants of the surrounding villages. The two men develop an uneasy friendship; Frank is both repelled and fascinated by this younger version of himself. The novel shrewdly introduces thriller-like devices—a secret mistress, a male nurse with underworld ties—that put the two doctors to the test. In spare, declarative prose, Galgut spins a brisk and bracing story, but he’s also in pursuit of something murkier: the double-edged nature of doing good in a land where "the past has only just happened."
Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time
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Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
in This Meticulously Researched And Ultimately Explosive New Book By The Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist And Bestselling Author Of The Coming Plague, Laurie Garrett Takes On Perhaps The Most Crucial... Global Issue Of Our Time. She Asks: Is Our Collective Health In A State Of Decline? If So, How Dire Is This Crisis, And Has The Public Health System Itself Contributed To It? Using Riveting Detail And Finely Honed Storytelling, Garrett Exposes The Underbelly Of The World's Globalization To Find Out If It Can Still Be Assumed That Government Can And Will Protect The People's Health, Or If That Trust Has Been Irrevocably Broken. journal Of American Medical Association - Thomas J. Coates prescient Is The Right Word For Laurie Garrett's Betrayal Of Trust. It Would Be An Understatement To Say That The Us Response To Anthrax Deaths Has Left Much To Be Desired. Worse Yet, Those Deaths And The Specter Of Bioterrorism Have Exposed All Of The Weaknesses In The Public Health System That Garrett Has Documented In Her Usual Meticulous And Intelligent Style. Her Thesis Is That The Health Of The Public Is Part Of The Compact Between Citizens And Their Governments And That Governments Have Broken The Compact; Hence, They No Longer Deserve The Essential Trust Of Those Citizens. Furthermore, She Documents How The Solutions To Today's Major Health Problems Are Nontechnological And That The Local Is Linked Intimately With The Global.
Where There Is No Doctor: Village Health Care Handbook for Africa
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Disease: The Story of Disease and Mankind's Continuing Struggle Against It
The Compelling And Sometimes Frightening Stories Of 30 Deadly Diseases - And Of Humanity's Efforts To Combat Them.
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS
Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history—the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS—chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting... social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have advanced as a result of the crises they have occasioned. "A book that would serve well for reports, but it is also a fascinating read."—SLJ. Best Books of 1995 (SLJ) Notable Children's Trade Books in Social Studies 1996 (NCSS/CBC) 1995 Young Adult Editors' Choices (BL) 1995 Top of the List Non Fiction (BL) 1996 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) Notable Children's Books of 1996 (ALA)
Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction
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Global Politics
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Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of Medicine That Can Transform Our Future
The World Health Organization Recently Rated America Thirty-seventh In Health Outcomes, On Par With Serbia. Tackling Head-on The Three Major Myths Of American Medicine, Dr. Weil Shows How Medical Scho...ols Fail To Give Future Doctors The Education They Need To Care For Patients, How Insurance Companies Have Destroyed Our Opportunity To Get Excellent Care, And How Pharmaceutical Companies Have Come To Rule Our Lives. The Solution Involves Nothing Less Than The Creation Of A Completely New Culture Of Health And Medicine In This Country.--from Publisher Description. You Have A Right To Good Health Care -- Exposing The Myths Of American Health Care -- Moving To The Future While Learning From The Past -- Reversing The Toxic Trends -- Doctors Of The Future -- Medicine Of The Future -- The New American Health Care -- Disease Prevention : The Sustainable Solution -- Health Promotion : The Critical Component -- What The Future Will Look Like. Andrew Weil. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 227-228) And Index.
