Global health care : issues and policies / [edited by] Carol Holtz.

Sudbury, Mass. ; London : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2008], ©2008.

xxviii, 639 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global health in developed societies : examples in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, and Israel / Carol Holtz -- Developing societies : Mexico, China, and South Africa / Carol Holtz -- Global perspectives on economics and health care / Marsha Burke ... [et al.] -- Global perspectives of politics and public health policy / Alexandra Toma ... [et al.] -- Global health research methods / Timothy A. Akers and Mary Anne Alabanza Akers -- International research ethics / Jonathan B. VanGeest and Deborah S. Cummins -- Infectious diseases from a global perspective / Timothy A. Akers, Barbara J. Blake, and Robert A. Hanson -- Global use of complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) and treatments / Ping Hu Johnson -- Global perspectives on selected chronic cardiovascular diseases / Bowman O. Davis, Jr. -- Global perspectives on diabetes, respiratory, and orthopedic chronic diseases / Janice Long, Betsy Rodriguez, and Carol Holtz -- Overview of cancer for allied healthcare professionals : a public health perspective / Linda G. Alley ... [et al.] -- Global perspective on violence, injury, and occupational healthcare / Carol Holtz -- Global perspectives on nutrition / Carol Holtz, Kathy Plitnick, and Marvin Friedman -- Global perspectives on mental health / Mary Ann Camann -- Global perspectives of environmental health / Marvin Friedman -- Global health in reproduction and infants / Carol Holtz and Suzanne Grisdale -- Global health of children / Kathie Aduddell -- Global health of the older adult / David B. Mitchell -- Establishing a medical and nursing education programs in the country of Georgia / Judith L. Wold, H. Kenneth Walker, and Natia Partskhladze -- Unique perspective on health care in Panama / Larry Purnell -- Health and environmental design : the relationship between health and place in a Philippine urban setting / Mary Anne Alabanza Akers and Timothy A. Akers -- Building cultural competence : a nursing practicum in Oaxaca, Mexico / David Bennett and Carol Holtz.