Ebook287 pages8 hours
Consumed In The City: Observing Tuberculosis At Century'S End
By Paul Draus
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
As a public health field worker assigned to control tuberculosis in New York and Chicago in the 1990s, Paul Draus encountered the horrible effects of tuberculosis resurgence in urban areas, and the intersections of disease, blight, and poverty. Consumed in the City grows out of his experiences and offers a persuasive case for thinking about—and treating—tuberculosis as an inseparable component of the scourges of poverty, homelessness, AIDS, and drug abuse. It is impossible, Draus argues, to treat and eliminate tuberculosis without also treating the social ills that underlie the new epidemic. Paul Draus begins by describing his own on-the-job training as a field worker, then places the resurgence of tuberculosis into historical and sociological perspective. He vividly describes his experiences in hospital rooms, clinics, jails, housing projects, urban streets, and other social settings where tuberculosis is often encountered and treated. Using case studies, he demonstrates how social problems affect the success or failure of actual treatment. Finally, Draus suggests how a reformed public health agenda could help institute the changes required to defeat a deadly new epidemic. At once a personal account and a concrete plan for rethinking the role of public health, Consumed in the City marks a significant intervention in the way we think about the entangled crises of urban dislocation, poverty, and disease.
Related to Consumed In The City
Related ebooks
Zoey and the Zombies: A Mondamin Court Adventure, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSupply&Demand Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMean Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Midnight Years: Surviving Jon Burge's Police Torture Ring and Death Row Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNew Doctor on Maple Street: An Immigrant Country Doctor’S Tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGroundglass Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fireworks Over Toccoa: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Making the City: Selected stories from Capital New York Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhosts in the Library Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEvery Wickedness: A Kristin Ginelli Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCzar Nicholas, the Toad, and Duck Soup: A Memoir of Marriage, Mime, and Moving On Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThere Were Bears and Rumors of Bears Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrave Deeds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHot Candy and Other Stories: From an Old Man’s Closet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Revolutionists Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrivate Worlds: Growing Up Gay in Post-War Britain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRaggy, the Sole Survivor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoing Postal for Aunty Sam Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings600ppm: A Novel Of Climate Change Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDown to Earth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeep Background Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lazurai: Speculative Fiction Modern Parables Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Birth of an Assassin: The Assassin Trilogy, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Trust Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrimed for Stardom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Palm Oil Reunion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThere's a Road to Everywhere Except Where You Came From: A Memoir Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Heaven Sends For Hemingway Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNobody Knows Nobody Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Fixed Address Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Medical For You
The Hormone Reset Diet: Heal Your Metabolism to Lose Up to 15 Pounds in 21 Days Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Holistic Herbal: A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal Remedies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mediterranean Diet Meal Prep Cookbook: Easy And Healthy Recipes You Can Meal Prep For The Week Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/552 Prepper Projects: A Project a Week to Help You Prepare for the Unpredictable Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Passionista: The Empowered Woman's Guide to Pleasuring a Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tight Hip Twisted Core: The Key To Unresolved Pain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 40 Day Dopamine Fast Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Obesity Code: the bestselling guide to unlocking the secrets of weight loss Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The White Coat Investor: A Doctor's Guide to Personal Finance and Investing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Adult ADHD: How to Succeed as a Hunter in a Farmer's World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ (Revised Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden Lives: True Stories from People Who Live with Mental Illness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5ATOMIC HABITS:: How to Disagree With Your Brain so You Can Break Bad Habits and End Negative Thinking Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Gene: An Intimate History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Herbal Healing for Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Women With Attention Deficit Disorder: Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Woman: An Intimate Geography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Living Daily With Adult ADD or ADHD: 365 Tips o the Day Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Consumed In The City
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Consumed In The City - Paul Draus
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1