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Takes A Comprehensive Look At Public Health Across Asia And The Pacific. Will Appeal To Those Studying Public Health From Both A Sociological And Bio-medical Perspective, As Well As Asian Studies Scholars. M J Lewis, University Sydney, Australia. Public Health In Asia And The Pacific: An Introduction / Milton J. Lewis And Kerrie L. Macpherson -- Invisible Borders: Hong Kong, China And The Imperatives Of Public Health / Kerrie L. Macpherson -- History Of Public Health In Modern Japan: The Road To Becoming The Healthiest Nation In The World / Masahira Anesaki -- A History Of Public Health In Korea / In-sok Yeo -- History Of Public Health In Modern India: 1857-2005 / Radhika Ramasubban -- Public Health In Thailand: Changing Medical Paradigms And Disease Patterns In Political And Economic Context / Paul T. Cohen -- 'could Confinement Be Humanised'?: A Modern History Of Leprosy In Vietnam / Laurence Monnais -- Conflict And Collaboration In Public Health: The Rockefeller Foundation And The Dutch Colonial Government In Indonesia / Terence H. Hull -- The Political Determinants Of Public Health In Timor-leste: Foreign Domination And The Path To Independence / Sue Ingram -- From Colonial Economy To Social Equity: History Of Public Health In Malaysia / Kai Hong Phua And Mary Lai Lin Wong -- From Colony To Global City: Public Health Strategies And The Control Of Disease In Singapore / Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Kai Hong Phua, And Kelly Fu -- Public Health And The Clash Of Cultures: The Philippine Cholera Epidemics / Willie T. Ong -- Public Health In Australia From The Nineteenth To The Twenty-first Century / Milton J. Lewis -- Papua New Guinea: Epidemiological Transition, Public Health And The Pacific / Vicki Luker -- History Of Public Health In Pacific Island Countries / Richard Taylor. Edited By Milton J. Lewis And Kerrie L. Macpherson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.