| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
First steps, 1945-46 -- Who was Brock Chisholm? -- Interim Commission, 1946-48: The long wait -- First World Health assemblies: into the Cold War -- Money matters -- Politics matter --Social medicine and its decline -- Tuberculosis: the vaccine controversy -- Penicillin bullet: syphilis and yaws -- Malaria and famine -- Nearly torn apart: the WHO and the Catholic Church -- Only one term -- Retirement |
| Summary |
"This is the story of a man and an institution. Brock Chisholm was one of the most influential Canadians of the twentieth century. A world-renowned psychiatrist, he was the first director-general of the World Health Organization, and built it up against overwhelming political odds in the years immediately following the Second World War." "During Chisholm's lifetime, the only other Canadians as internationally prominent were Lester B. Pearson and Marshall McLuhan. Yet today he has been largely forgotten - perhaps because he was so controversial. An atheist and a fierce critic of jingoistic nationalism, he supported world peace and world government and became a champion of the United Nations and the WHO."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Chisholm, Brock, 1896-1971.
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Chisholm, Brock, 1896-1971 |
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Chisholm, Brock, 1896-1971 fast |
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Chisholm, Brock. swd |
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World Health Organization -- History
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World Health Organization -- history |
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World Health Organization fast |
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Weltgesundheitsorganisation gnd |
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World health.
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Public health -- International cooperation.
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Cold War.
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Health services administrators -- Canada -- Biography
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International cooperation.
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Public health.
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War.
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Global Health
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Administrative Personnel -- history
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History, 20th Century
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International Cooperation
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Public Health
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Armed Conflicts
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public health.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
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War
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Public health
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International cooperation
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Health services administrators
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Public health -- International cooperation
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World health
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Canada
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011489775 |
| ISBN |
9780774814782 |
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0774814780 |
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1282457357 |
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9781282457355 |
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9786612457357 |
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661245735X |
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