COMMON ENEMIES C Disease Campaigns in America
Synopsis
For over a hundred years, millions of Americans have joined together to fight a common enemy by campaigning against diseases. In Common Enemies, Rachel Kahn Best asks why disease campaigns have dominated a century of American philanthropy and health policy and how the fixation on diseases shapes efforts to improve lives. Combining quantitative and qualitative analyses in an unprecedented history of disease politics, Best shows that to achieve consensus, disease campaigns tend to neglect stigmatized diseases and avoid controversial goals. But despite their limitations, disease campaigns do not crowd out efforts to solve other problems. Instead, they teach Americans to give and volunteer and build up public health infrastructure, bringing us together to solve problems and improve our lives.Book details
- Author:
- Rachel Kahn Best
- ISBN:
- 9780190918439
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780190918415, 9780190918408, 9780190918422
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2022-12-18
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Copyright by:
- Oxford University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Social Studies