Document Type
Review
Date of this Version
3-2011
Abstract
A Review of:
Essentials of global health, by R. Skolnik, Sudbury, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008, 322 pp., including index and supplementary materials, US$57 (paperback), ISBN 13: 978-0-7637-3421-3; ISBN 10: 0-7637-3421-7
Understanding global health, edited by W.H. Markle, M. Fisher and R. Smego, Columbus, McGraw Hill, 2007, 361 pp., including index and supplemental materials, US$35 (paperback), ISBN 13: 978-0-07-148784-9; ISBN 10: 0-07-148784-0
Global health, an introductory textbook, by A. Lindstrand, S. Bergstrom, H. Rosling, B. Rubenson, B. Stenson and T. Tylleskar, Denmark, Studentlitteratur, 2006, 310 pp., including index and supplemental materials, US$35 (paperback), ISBN 978-91-44- 02198-0
An introduction to international health, by M. Seear, Toronto, Canadian Scholars Press, 2007, 352 pp., including index and supplemental materials, US$49 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-55130-327-7
Introduction to global health, by K.H. Jacobsen, Sudbury, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008, 366 pp., including index and supplemental materials, US$43 (paperback), ISBN 13: 978-0-7637-5159-3; ISBN 10: 0-7637-5159-6
Date Posted: 07 February 2012
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
-With the collaboration of 37 participants from the Global Health Education Consortium
Suggested Citation:
Nathanson, N., Hall, T., & the collaboration of 37 participants. (2011). A comparison of five introductory textbooks in global health. Global Public Health, 6(2), 210-219. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2010.545360
This is an electronic version of an article published in Global Public Health, 6(2). Global Public Health is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/