An Ethic for Health Promotion: Rethinking the Sources of Human Well-BeingOxford University Press, 2000 M01 20 - 232 pages What are the goals of health promotion and the most apropriate means of achieving them? The prevailing view is that these goals are to prolong life and reduce mortality rates. Since the leading causes of morbidity and mortality are now largely attributable to lifestyle behaviors--smoking, diet, exercise, etc.--the means of achieving reductions in heart disease, cancer, strokes, diabetes and other chronic conditins are to identify more effective techniques for changing people's behavior. Virtually all health promotion research is currently directed towards accomplishing this objective. But at what cost? As researchers strive for more effective ways to change people's behavior, what are the implications for individual autonomy, integrity, and responsibility? Buchanan sets out to explain why a science of health promotion is neither imminent or estimable. He argues that health promotin is inescapably a moral and political endeavor and that goals more befitting the realization of human well-being are to promote self-knowledge, individual autonomy, integrity, and responsibility through putting into practice more democratic processes of self-direction and mutual support in civil society. |
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... leading causes of morbidity and mortality today are inescapably political and ethical is- sues . The origins of these problems are not well understood , but based on the analysis by the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor in his The ...
... leading causes of morbidity and mortality today are inescapably political and ethical is- sues . The origins of these problems are not well understood , but based on the analysis by the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor in his The ...
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... leading cause of death in the nation ) , researchers have developed new drugs with greater power to control appetite . In short , applied scientific research offers the best prospect for remedying public health problems . It is a ...
... leading cause of death in the nation ) , researchers have developed new drugs with greater power to control appetite . In short , applied scientific research offers the best prospect for remedying public health problems . It is a ...
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... leading health problems of the day have shifted from infectious diseases to chronic " lifestyle " diseases . The locus of responsibility has thus shifted from inva- sive microorganisms to human volitions , but the framework for thinking ...
... leading health problems of the day have shifted from infectious diseases to chronic " lifestyle " diseases . The locus of responsibility has thus shifted from inva- sive microorganisms to human volitions , but the framework for thinking ...
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... Leading Cultural Indicators ( 1994 ) , Bennett has drawn together hundreds of charts , graphs , and tables documenting America's sociocultural condition . The indicators are grouped into five categories : ( 7 ) crime , ( 2 ) family and ...
... Leading Cultural Indicators ( 1994 ) , Bennett has drawn together hundreds of charts , graphs , and tables documenting America's sociocultural condition . The indicators are grouped into five categories : ( 7 ) crime , ( 2 ) family and ...
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Contents
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2 Contemporary Threats to Health | 23 |
3 The Limits of Science | 49 |
4 Iatrogenesis in Health Promotion | 71 |
5 Practical Reason | 85 |
6 Health and WellBeing | 102 |
7 Civility Trust and Community WellBeing | 119 |
8 A New Way of Practice | 133 |
9 Justice Caring Responsibility | 154 |
Notes | 171 |
References | 191 |
Index | 209 |
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