Farley, Tom

Prescription for a healthy nation : a new approach to improving our lives by fixing our everyday world / Tom Farley and Deborah A. Cohen. - Boston : Beacon Press, c2005. - xiii, 282 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-274) and index.

The wrong remedy -- Greek gods and American myths -- Humans behaving badly -- Bell curves and bad apples -- Curve shifters -- More is more: accessibility -- Sidewalks and falling children: physical structures -- Playing by the rules: social structures -- It's the real thing: media -- Healthscaping america -- The killer leaf -- Habits of the heart -- To our health? -- When sex is lethal -- Injuries, not accidents -- Unequal afflictions -- Health, policies, and politics.

0807021164 (cloth : alk. paper)

2004024188


Public health--United States.
Medical care--United States.
Medicine, Preventive--United States.

RA 445 / F231p 2005

362.1/0973