{"product_id":"public-health-an-unhealthy-conceit-an-unhealthy-conceit-9781923568273","title":"Public Health: an unhealthy conceit: an unhealthy conceit","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gary Johns | Samara McPhedran\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Public Policy - Health Care\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book nails the nonsense of public health, from trans affirmation to COVID-19 to climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Monique Ryan, the Federal Member for Kooyong and a TEAL, wants to name killer heatwaves. She claims that 'heatwaves are Australia's most deadly climate hazard.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is some leap of logic, but many medical professionals use their credentials to push into non-medical matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublic health types who want to save the world will use all means necessary, particularly taxpayers' money and government fiat, to achieve the population health outcomes they define. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a highly prescriptive environment in which health is valued above all else and health practitioners rule the polity. Society is not a hospital ward or a medical clinic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book not only names the culprits but also provides a plan of action to defeat them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHon Dr Gary Johns is chair of Close the Gap Research and played a prominent role on the NO side in the 2023 Australian Constitutional Referendum on the Aboriginal Voice to Parliament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe served in the House of Representatives and was a Minister in the second Keating government. He served as Commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Samara McPhedran is a Research Fellow at Close the Gap Research. She holds qualifications in psychology and law and has published widely in areas including mental health, suicide, homicide, and domestic and family violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has held positions in government, academia and the private sector, including as the Founding Director of the Griffith University Homicide Research Unit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47966638866583,"sku":"9781923568273","price":2766.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781923568273.webp?v=1782911653","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/public-health-an-unhealthy-conceit-an-unhealthy-conceit-9781923568273","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}