Causal inference and the people's health /
The authors offer both a synthesis of the dominant school of thought around social causality and propose a new approach that keeps causal concepts as an organizing principle without marginalizing social phenomena. The book explores how our definitions of causes in epidemiology influence how we go ab...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Series: | Small book, big ideas in population health.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The authors offer both a synthesis of the dominant school of thought around social causality and propose a new approach that keeps causal concepts as an organizing principle without marginalizing social phenomena. The book explores how our definitions of causes in epidemiology influence how we go about finding them and estimating their effects. It examines debates about these issues, critiques inadequate attempts at their resolution, and offers a path forward - one that expands causal inference, and the purview of epidemiology, to include social forces as causes of the people's health. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197528617 0197528619 9780197528594 0197528597 |