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1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover ; Disease Prevention A Critical Toolkit ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; About the authors ; 1 Introduction: Why we wrote this book ; 2 Basic principles of successful and unsuccessful prevention ; 3 A brief history of prevention ... and causation |
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4 Seeing the forest for the trees-.finding and using the evidence 5 Causation and prevention in populations versus individuals ; 6 How simple advice can sometimes be wrong-.the case of 'healthy diets' |
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7 Preventing chronic diseases by risk factor detection and treatment: what every health care consumer needs to know 8 Detecting disease before symptoms begin: the blemished promise of cancer screening ; 9 Genetic testing for disease prevention: oversold? |
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10 When can prevention expect to also reduce social inequalities in health? Postscript ; Appendix 1: Preventive actions: decision support tool ; Appendix 2: Useful resources for a critical appraisal tool kit applied to disease prevention |
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Appendix 3: Suggested answers for quiz questions at end of chapters Notes ; References ; Index |
| Summary |
Provides a set of appraisal tools to guide those considering a preventive action to make sure that it is effective (does more good than harm), efficient (is a competitive use of scarce resources), and equitable in its impact across society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 29, 2016) |
| Subject |
Medicine, Preventive.
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Health.
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Health promotion.
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Primary Prevention
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Health Promotion
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Preventive Medicine
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Health
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health.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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Health promotion
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Health
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Medicine, Preventive
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jepson, Ruth, author.
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Williams, Andrew James, author
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| ISBN |
9780191038570 |
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0191038571 |
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9780191792816 |
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0191792810 |
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