Ch. 1. brief history of advances toward health / J. Last
Ch. 2. health, poverty, and development merry-go-round : the tribulations of WHO / S. Litsios
Ch. 3. Old and new pestilences / A. A. Arata
Ch. 4. Value systems and healthcare ethics / B. M. Dickens
Ch. 5. World health : a mobilizing utopia? / M. Manciaux and T. M. Fliedner
Ch. 6. Health policies versus public policies / A. Wojtczak
Ch. 7. medicine based on evidence / J. Szczerban
Ch. 8. promise of technology / P. B. Mansourian
Ch. 9. Critical inquiries on technology utilization / A. Kazanjian
Ch. 10. Therapeutic patient education for chronic diseases / J.-P. Assal
Ch. 11. humanitarian imperative in major health crises and disasters / S. W. A. Gunn
Ch. 12. Dealing with global infectious disease emergencies / D. L. Heymann
Ch. 13. Knowledge-based methodologies in the health sector / B. McA. Sayers and J. J. Angulo
Ch. 14. Food safety - a pressing public health and economic issue / F. Kaferstein
Ch. 15. Future health in an ageing world / A. M. Davies
Ch. 16. Disease and health in the cultural context / A. Jablensky
Ch. 17. Global issues and health interactions : reflexions from the south / A. P. R. Aluwihare
Ch. 18. coming storm : health system planning versus free market enterprise / A. Piel
Ch. 19. Education, understanding, and Eudaemonia : a contrarian view on global health / G. W. Brauer
Postscript : the present and the future of global health / A. M. Davies.
