Oxford University Press, USA
Measuring the Global Burden of Disease: Philosophical Dimensions
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- Nir Eyal
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Hardcover
- 9780190082543
- 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches
- 1.4 pounds
- Medical > Public Health
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
A study like the GBD is, of course, extremely complex from an empirical perspective. But it also raises a large number of complex ethical and philosophical questions that have been explored in a series of collaborations over the past twenty years among epidemiologists, philosophers, economists, and policy scholars. The essays in this volume address issues of current and urgent concern to the GBD and other epidemiological studies, including rival understandings of causation, the aggregation of complex health data, temporal discounting, age-weighting, and the valuation of health states. The volume concludes with a set of chapters discussing how epidemiological data should and should not be used.
Better appreciating the philosophical dimensions of a study like the GBD can make possible a more sophisticated interpretation of its results, and it can improve epidemiological studies in the future, so that they are better suited to produce results that can help us to improve global health.
Author Bio
Nir Eyal's book Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products was published by Portfolio on November 4, 2014 and debuted on the Wall Street Journal business bestseller list. Hooked made several "best of" lists including being named one of the best business books of the year by Goodreads and the best marketing book of the year by 1800CEOREAD. The book highlights an equation, Behavior equals Motivation times Ability times Trigger, which is the basis for creating an addicting web application.
Nir is an Israeli-born American now residing in Silicon Valley, California. Nir co-founded two start-ups. The first, Sunshine Business Development was acquired in 2007. The second, AdNectar, received venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and was acquired in 2011.
Nir holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Emory University.
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