CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xxvii 1. Understanding Leadership 1 An Overview of Leadership 1 Studying Public Health Leadership 2 Political Leaders and Bureaucrats 6 Defining Leadership 8 2. The Long March to Improving the Public’s Health 11 Infectious Disease Epidemics 12 Vaccines: A Fortunate Coincidence 13 An Unfortunate Side Effect of Hospitals 14 Early Public Health Epidemics in the Newly Formed United States 15 Sweeping Social Changes in Europe 16 The Father of Epidemiology 18 Crossing Borders: European Influences on Early American Public Health Efforts 19 Awakenings: A Long-Awaited Breakthrough 20 The Germ Theory of Disease 22 The Civil War and the Changing Face of U.S. Public Health 23
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