Biodiversity and Human Health (eBook)

Grifo Francesca Grifo, Rosenthal Joshua Rosenthal (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
397 Seiten
Island Press (Verlag)
978-1-61091-253-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and biotechnology, and threatens food production and water quality.Biodiversity and Human Health brings together leading thinkers on the global environment and biomedicine to explore the human health consequences of the loss of biological diversity. Based on a two-day conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution, the book opens a dialogue among experts from the fields of public health, biology, epidemiology, botany, ecology, demography, and pharmacology on this vital but often neglected concern.Contributors discuss the uses and significance of biodiversity to the practice of medicine today, and develop strategies for conservation of these critical resources. Topics examined include:the causes and consequences of biodiversity lossemerging infectious diseases and the loss of biodiversitythe significance and use of both prescription and herbal biodiversity-derived remediesindigenous and local peoples and their health care systemssustainable use of biodiversity for medicinean agenda for the futureIn addition to the editors, contributors include Anthony Artuso, Byron Bailey, Jensa Bell, Bhaswati Bhattacharya, Michael Boyd, Mary S. Campbell, Eric Chivian, Paul Cox, Gordon Cragg, Andrew Dobson, Kate Duffy-Mazan, Robert Engelman, Paul Epstein, Alexandra S. Fairfield, John Grupenhoff, Daniel Janzen, Catherine A. Laughin, Katy Moran, Robert McCaleb, Thomas Mays, David Newman, Charles Peters, Walter Reid, and John Vandermeer. The book provides a common framework for physicians and biomedical researchers who wish to learn more about environmental concerns, and for members of the environmental community who desire a greater understanding of biomedical issues.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.4.2013
• Co-Autor: Newman David Newman, Chivian Eric Chivian, Cragg Gordon Cragg, Bell Jensa Bell, Grupenhoff John Grupenhoff, Vandermeer John Vandermeer, Duffy-Mazan Kate Duffy-Mazan, Moran Katy Moran, Campbell Mary Campbell, Boyd Michael Boyd, Fairfield Alexandra Fairfield, Cox Paul Cox, Epstein Paul Epstein, Engelman Robert Engelman, McCaleb Robert McCaleb, Mays Tom Mays, Reid Walter Reid, Dobson Andrew P. Dobson, Artuso Anthony Artuso, Bhattacharya Bhaswati Bhattacharya, Bailey Byron Bailey, Laughlin Catherine Laughlin, Peters Charles Peters, Janzen Dan Janzen
• Vorwort: Lovejoy Thomas Lovejoy
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• ISBN-10: 1-61091-253-5 / 1610912535
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61091-253-2 / 9781610912532