A History of Education in Public Health Health that Mocks the Doctors' Rules

by Fee, Elizabeth; Acheson, Roy M.

• ISBN13: 9780192617576
• ISBN10: 0192617575
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-07-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is the first book to examine and compare the history and contemporary problems of education for public health in Britain and the United States. In Britain, education for public health has been directed solely toward the medical profession; in the United States, independent schools of public health are open to physicians, engineers, nurses, lawyers, administrators and other professional groups. Despite their differences, these two systems continue to serve as models for public health schools and training programs throughout the world. This unique study provides a lucid view of the political, economic, and social forces which shape public health patterns. It will provoke and inform policy decisions about the future directions of education in all countries interested in building stronger and more effective public health systems.

Table of Contents

Public Health, Preventive Medicine, and Professionalization: Britain and the United States in the Nineteenth Century

The British Diploma in Public Health: Birth and Adolescence

Stratification and its Discontents: Professionalization and its Conflicts in the British Public Health Services

The Emergence of a Pioneering Public Health Program in the United States

Designing Schools of Public Health for the United States

The Public's Health: Philosophy and Practice in Britain in the Twentieth Century

The Teaching and Practice of Public Health in the United States

The British Diploma in Public Health: Hey-Day and Decline

Preparation for Public Health Practice

Into the Twenty -First Century

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