Health & Environment

Social Science Perspectives

By: Hans Keune (Editor), Helen Kopnina (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 July 2010

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In this new book the authors examine the contribution of social scientists to the topics of health and environment. They present diverse perspectives on classical and contemporary debates by focusing on social scientific framing of environment and health, as well as on the potential contribution of social science to problem solving strategies in these fields. They trace environment and health debates to the classical scholars and examine the evolution of contemporary academic disciplines concerned with health and environment. Finally, they address current complex relationships between human health and environmental problems, and between human and non-human interes

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Family & Health Popular Medicine & Health Medicine Medicine in General Health Systems & Services Public Health & Preventive Medicine Personal & Public Health / Health Education Environmental Factors Medical Sociology

Epidemiology & Medical Statistics

Preface
Introduction
Social scientific engagement with health & environment debates: classical roots & contemporary sub disciplines
Why is scientific information on serious environment & health problems not easily recognised in our society?
Definitional Struggles, Environmental Risk Assessments & the Level of Trust: The Sudbury Soils Study, 2001-2008
The Environment & The Perceptions of the Global Health Crisis
From Environmental to Ecological Sociology: Implications for Health
Biomedical & Environmental Health Perspectives: The Example of Confronting Breast Cancer
The ADHD regime & neuro-chemical selves in whole systems. A Science Studies Perspective
The Orientalist lens & traditional medicine: circumventing. Western biases in studying traditional medicines
Health & environment policies in the European Union
Environmental Health Organising in a Globalising World: The Emergence of a Global Anti-Toxics Movement & its Political, Legal & Economic Challenges
Conclusions on social scientific perspectives on health & environment
Index
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