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Brock Chisholm, the World Health Organization, and the Cold War.

Brock Chisholm, the World Health Organization, and the Cold War.

・ISBN 978-0-7748-1476-8 cloth

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著者・編者Farley, John,
出版社(U. British Columbia Pr., CN)
出版年月2008
ページ数288 pp.
言語ENG
ニュース番号<552-L127 552-L492>

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Brock Chisholm was one of the most influential Canadians of thetwentieth century. A world-renowned psychiatrist, he was the firstdirector-general of the World Health Organization and built it upagainst overwhelming political odds in the years immediately followingthe Second World War. An atheist and a fierce critic of jingoisticnationalism, he supported world peace and world government and became achampion of the United Nations and the WHO. Post-1945international politics, global health issues, and medical historyintersect in this highly readable account of a remarkable Canadian.