THE ATLAS OF HEALTH: MAPPING THE CHALLENGES AND CAUSES OF DISEASE
Book ID/图书代码： 11197511B47595
English Summary/英文概要： Bringing together the latest data to chart recent and emerging trends, this atlas offers a major new profile of the state of health worldwide. In clear, full-color graphic displays and concise, informative text, it maps the causes and incidences of the major diseases as well as the economic, social, and environmental factors that shape health around the globe. In addition, it shows how health needs are identified, how health policy is developed and delivered, and how the quality of health services varies from country to country. The State of Health Atlas covers a range of timely topics including:
* Life expectancy
* Malnutrition and obesity
* Water and sanitation
* Cancer, heart disease, and diabetes
* Tobacco and alcohol use
* Migration and refugees
* Climate change
* Infectious diseases from malaria to HIV/AIDS
* Mental health
* SARS
* Avian flu and pandemic planning
* Urbanization
* Antibiotic resistance
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 作者把最近的資料製作成圖表，分析最近的趨勢。此本地圖冊描繪了世界健康趨勢。書中清晰、準確、資訊詳實的圖表分析出全球主要疾病的成因、以及影響疾病的經濟、社會和環境因素。另外，書中還展現了各國健康需求的確定方式、健康政策是如何制定的，各國的健康保護品質的不同。
書中涵蓋的主要話題有：
* 平均壽命Life expectancy
* 營養不良和肥胖症Malnutrition and obesity
* 水資源和衛生狀況Water and sanitation
* 癌症、心臟病和糖尿病Cancer, heart disease, and diabetes
* 煙酒Tobacco and alcohol use
* 移民和難民Migration and refugees
* 氣候變化Climate change
* 感染性疾病，痢疾和愛滋病Infectious diseases from malaria to HIV/AIDS
* 精神疾病、SARS、情流感和大範圍流行病的防範
（Mental health * SARS * Avian flu and pandemic planning）
* 城市化Urbanization
* 抗生素抵抗力Antibiotic resistance
（Celia）
Awards/获奖情况：“這本傑出、有創意的書給我們提供了觀察世界和自然的另一種角度，我們的世界是如何按照健康狀況、財富、年齡劃分的。”——第四頻道新聞台 Jon Snow
“這本書語言好讀、製作精美、資訊詳盡、恰到好處地涵蓋了世界健康狀況。很多行業的教授和學生都會喜歡這本書。每個關心人類健康的人都該買這本書。”——英國醫藥協會
"Can serve as a sobering introduction to and overview of global health issues."--Choice
"May serve as an effective education tool and may be the "clarion call for action" hoped for in the foreword."--Science Books & Films
Rights Sold: Japan, UK, USA
About the Author/作者介绍： Diarmuid O’Donovan是愛爾蘭國家大學社會疾病預防學院的高級講師，亞洲西部健康服務執行中心的公共健康主任。他本人是愛爾蘭常任醫師。
Diarmuid O’Donovan is senior lecturer in Social and Preventive Medicine at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and Director of Public Health in the Health Service Executive, Western Area. A medical doctor currently based in Ireland, he has worked in the United Kingdom, Zambia, and the Gambia
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