Religion and the Health of the Public: Shifting the Paradigm

by Jim Cochrane, Gary Gunderson, Jim R. Cochrane, et al.

Book Overview

Religion and the Health of the Public fills a major gap in academic literature on religion and public health. Its innovative concepts provide a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding and working on the interface between religion and public health. It draws on global health history and practice - from London's 1854 cholera outbreak, to HIV in Africa today, to large and novel hospital and congregational partnerships in the Memphis. Calling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230341527
• ISBN13: 9780230341524
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"