Anderson, MD, PhD, professorial research fellow, Department of History and Centre for Values, Ethics, and the Law in Medicine, University of Sidney In this innovative and provocative book, Merrill Singer develops a valuable synthesis that will reshape the way we think about health and disease.' 'For too long the great integrative perspectives on modern biomedicine and public health disease ecology and social medicine-have remained more or less separate. Bonnie Buntain, MS, DVM, diplomate, American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine 'Exquisitely describes how this new approach is a critical tool that brings together veterinary, medical, and social sciences to solve emerging infectious and non-infectious diseases of today's world.' Bastos, chairman of the graduate studies on epidemiology, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz 'Merrill Singer offers the public the most comprehensive work ever written on this key area of research and policy making.' Mark Nichter, Regents Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona 'The concept of syndemics is Singer's most important contribution to critical medical anthropology as it interfaces with an ecosocial approach to epidemiology.' Brown, professor of Anthropology and Global Health and director, Center for Health, Culture, and Society, Emory University

'Not only does this book provide a persuasive theoretical biosocial model of syndemics, but it also illustrates the model with a wide variety of fascinating historical and contemporary examples.' Merson, director, Duke Global Health Institute An important read for public health and social scientists.' 'Merrill Singer has astutely described why health problems should not be seen in isolation, but rather in the context of other diseases and the social and economic inequities that fuel them. This perspective complements single-issue prevention strategies, which can be effective for discrete problems, but often are mismatched to the goal of protecting the public's health in its widest sense. This book explains the growing field of syndemic theory and research, a framework for the analysis and prevention of disease interactions that addresses underlying social and environmental causes.

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