01389nam a2200289 a 4500 EDZ0000054815 StDuBDS 20150804193939.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120110s2011 enka fo| 000 0 eng|d 9780191731204 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS RC108 616.044 23 Sick societies [electronic resource] : responding to the global challenge of chronic disease / [edited by] David Stuckler and Karen Siegel. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource : ill. Chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and are expected to increase over the coming years with the ageing population and improved medical treatments that reduce mortality but cause the sufferer to live with a long-term illness. This book provides the first comprehensive review of the topic. Also issued in print format. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 20, 2012). Chronic diseases Epidemiology. Stuckler, David. Siegel, Karen. Print version 9780199574407 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199574407.001.0001 37912 37912