Table of contents : Section I Global health issues, policy, and healthcare delivery Chapter 1 Healthcare in Developed Societies Chapter 2 Health Care in Developing Countries Chapter 3 Global Perspectives on Economics and Health Care Chapter 4 Global Perspectives on Politics and Public Health Policy Chapter 5 Global Health Care and Ethical and End-of-Life Issue s Section II Special Global and Health Care Issue s Chapter 6 Global Issue s and Infectious Diseases Chapter 7 Human Rights, Stigma, and Disclosure in HIV/AIDS Chapter 8 Global Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Chapter 9 Global Perspectives on Selective Cardiac Diseases Chapter 10 Global Perspectives on Diabetes, Respiratory, and Orthopedic Diseases Chapter 11 Global Perspectives on Cancer Chapter 12 Global Perspectives on Violence, Injury, and Cccupational Health Chapter 13 Global Perspectives on Nutrition Chapter 14 Global Perspectives on Mental Health Chapter 15 Global Perspectives on Environmental Health Section III Lifespan Global Health Issue s Chapter 16 Global Reproductive and Infant Health Chapter 17 Global Health of Children Chapter 18 Global Health of the Older Adult Section IV Worldwide Health Trends and Issue s of Specific Countries Chapter 19 A Unique Perspective of Healthcare in Panama Chapter 20 Health and Healthcare in Mexico Chapter 21 Establishment of Medical and Nursing Programs in the Country of Georgia (former USSR)