Prescription for a healthy nation : a new approach to improving our lives by fixing our everyday world
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Farley, Tom
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Cohen, Deborah
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Forest J. and Dolores S. Grunigen Library Endowed Fund

Subjects

LC Subjects
Environmental health.
Medical care -- United States.
Medicine, Preventive -- United States.
Medicine, Preventive.
Public health -- United States.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Environmental health
Medical care
Medicine, Preventive
Public health
United States
Other Subjects
Environmental Health
Estados unidos.
Hygiène du milieu.
Medical care -- United States.
Medicina preventiva.
Médecine préventive -- États-Unis.
Médecine préventive.
Popular Work
Preventive Medicine
Public health -- United States.
Santé publique -- États-Unis.
Saúde ambiental.
Saúde pública.
United States

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xiii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-274) and index.
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"America spends more than twice as much for health care as any other nation. So why are Americans among the sickest people in the industrialized world?"
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"Public health experts Tom Farley and Deborah Cohen show that the answer does not lie in our medical care system but rather in the world around us. As they explain, the leading killers of our time fall almost entirely into two categories: injuries and chronic diseases such as heart disease, lung and breast cancer, diabetes, and stroke. For all its inspiring, high-tech cures, modern medicine is just not very effective at combating these illnesses. Our health, as Farley and Cohen explain, depends much less on medicine than on how we lead our lives. And as their surprising and illuminating examples show, our behavior and our health are in fact shaped by our everyday world - from the design of our cities to the rules that govern our organizations."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Farley, T., & Cohen, D. (2005). Prescription for a healthy nation: a new approach to improving our lives by fixing our everyday world . Beacon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Farley, Tom and Deborah Cohen. 2005. Prescription for a Healthy Nation: A New Approach to Improving Our Lives By Fixing Our Everyday World. Boston: Beacon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Farley, Tom and Deborah Cohen. Prescription for a Healthy Nation: A New Approach to Improving Our Lives By Fixing Our Everyday World Boston: Beacon Press, 2005.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Farley, T. and Cohen, D. (2005). Prescription for a healthy nation: a new approach to improving our lives by fixing our everyday world. Boston: Beacon Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Farley, Tom, and Deborah Cohen. Prescription for a Healthy Nation: A New Approach to Improving Our Lives By Fixing Our Everyday World Beacon Press, 2005.

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