Alcohol: Science, Policy and Public Health - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199655782 ISBN 13: 9780199655786

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Alcohol has always been an issue in public health but it is currently assuming increasing importance as a cause of disease and premature death worldwide. Alcohol: Science, Policy, and Public Health provides an interdisciplinary source of information that links together, the usually separate fields of, science, policy, and public health. This comprehensive volume highlights the importance of bringing scientific knowledge to bear in order to strengthen and develop alcohol public policy. The book looks at the historical evolution of alcohol consumption in society, key early studies of alcohol and disease, and the cultural and social aspects of alcohol consumption. It then goes on to cover the chemistry and biology of alcohol, patterns of consumption, gender and age-related issues, alcohol and injury, alcohol and cancer and non-malignant disease, and various current therapeutic aspects. The book concludes with a section on alcohol policy, looking at issues of poverty, the availability of alcohol and alcohol control measures. This major reference, written by international leaders in the fields of alcoholism and alcohol policy, provides a comprehensive study of one of the foremost health problems in the world, and represents the highest standards of research within the field. It will be valuable to physicians and health professionals involved with patients with alcohol-related problems, scientists, public health specialists, health policy specialists, researchers and legislators as well as students of public health.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Boyle is President of the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon, France. Paolo Boffetta is Vice President for Research at the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon, France. Albert B. Lowenfels is Professor of Surgery and Community and Preventive Medicine at
New York Medical College, New York, USA. Harry Burns is Chief Medical Officer with the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Otis Brawley is Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of the American Cancer Society, Emory University, Atlanta, US.
Witold Zatonski is Professor of Epidemiology at the Marie Skodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre in Warsaw, Poland. Jurgen Rehm is Director, Social and Epidemiological Research (SER) Department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and Senior Scientist and Head, Population Health
Research Group, CAMH, Toronto, Canada.

Review

This is a unique contribution to the field since it addresses public policy as well as important aspects of alcohol-related health consequences. * Doody's Notes *

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199655782
• ISBN 13: 9780199655786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Boyle Peter, Boffetta Paolo, Lowenfels Albert B., Burns Harry, Brawley Otis, Zatonski Witold, Rehm Jürgen