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Preventing Disease

Beyond the Rhetoric

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Richard B. Goldbloom

    1. The Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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  2. Robert S. Lawrence

    1. The Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, USA

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Part of the book series: Frontiers of Primary Care (PRIMARY)

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Table of contents (48 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. The Scientific Admissibility of Evidence on the Effectiveness of Preventive Interventions

    1. The Scientific Admissibility of Evidence on the Effectiveness of Preventive Interventions

      • Walter O. Spitzer
      Pages 1-4

  3. Analytic Principles in Assessing the Effectiveness of Clinical Preventive Services

    1. Analytic Principles in Assessing the Effectiveness of Clinical Preventive Services

      • Steven H. Woolf
      Pages 5-11

  5. Prevention in Childhood

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Well-Baby Visits

      • William Feldman
      Pages 29-32

    3. Immunization, Immunoprophylaxis, and Chemoprophylaxis to Prevent Selected Infections

      • F. Marc LaForce
      Pages 33-42

    4. Preschool Screening: A Review of the Evidence

      • John W. Feightner
      Pages 43-51

  6. Societal Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Physical Activity for Healthy Adults: Counseling as a Primary Preventive Intervention in Clinical Settings

      • Sally S. Harris, Carl J. Caspersen, Gordon H. DeFriese, E. Harvey Estes
      Pages 55-70

    3. Smoking Cessation: Attributes of Successful Interventions

      • Thomas E. Kottke, Renaldo N. Battista, Gordon H. DeFriese, Milo L. Brekke
      Pages 71-83

    4. Early Detection and Counseling of Problem Drinkers

      • Claudia A. P. Carbonetto, Renaldo N. Battista, Jeannie Haggerty
      Pages 84-91

    5. Unwanted Teenage Pregnancy: A Canadian Perspective

      • William Feldman
      Pages 92-93

    6. Unwanted Teenage Pregnancy: A US Perspective

      • Jonathan E. Fielding, Carolyn A. Williams
      Pages 94-100

    7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

      • Charles R. Horsburgh Jr, John M. Douglas, F. Marc LaForce
      Pages 101-112

    8. Preventing Homicide

      • Paul D. Stolley, Mary F. Morrison
      Pages 113-117

    9. Early Detection of Depression

      • John Feightner, Graham Worrall
      Pages 118-128

    10. Suicide Prevention: A US Perspective

      • M. Alfred Haynes
      Pages 129-136
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About this book

Preventing Disease, the offspring of an extraordinary collaboration between the U.S. and Canadian Preventive Services Task Forces, presents a meticulous and objective review of the published evidence on preventive measures. Examining such diverse and relevant topics as screening for endometrial cancer, exercise counselling for healthy adults, and the evidence for a causal relation between dietary lipids and coronary heart disease, this volume reflects the editors' shared conviction that recommendations for preventive action should rarely exceed what is well justified by the evidence. In the current period, characterized as the Second Public Health Revolution, the authors' hard-nosed approach leads them to ask the tough questions. Are preventive measures cost-saving? Does preventive screening actually lead to treatment in clinical practice? Does the treatment do more good than harm? To what extent does our desire to eliminate causes of serious disability, ill health and premature death cloud our objectivity? All concerned about preventive medicine, community health, and primary care will find valuable stimulation for thought and action in this book: the contributions have gone beyond the rhetoric.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Richard B. Goldbloom

  • The Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, USA

    Robert S. Lawrence

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Preventing Disease

  • Book Subtitle: Beyond the Rhetoric

  • Editors: Richard B. Goldbloom, Robert S. Lawrence

  • Series Title: Frontiers of Primary Care

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3280-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7948-8Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3280-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-3618

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 478

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Epidemiology, General Practice / Family Medicine, Pediatrics

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