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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Page vii
... social practices that foster mindfulness about values that matter , which is essential for promoting human integrity . The chapter concludes with several specific examples of how this frame- work for thinking about the means and ends of ...
... social practices that foster mindfulness about values that matter , which is essential for promoting human integrity . The chapter concludes with several specific examples of how this frame- work for thinking about the means and ends of ...
Page xi
... Social Origins of Modern Maladies , 44 3. The Limits of Science , 49 Historical Shifts in Epistemology , 50 Epistemological Shortcomings , 53 Ethical Pitfalls , 62 4. Iatrogenesis in Health Promotion , 71 Social Learning Theory , 72 Social ...
... Social Origins of Modern Maladies , 44 3. The Limits of Science , 49 Historical Shifts in Epistemology , 50 Epistemological Shortcomings , 53 Ethical Pitfalls , 62 4. Iatrogenesis in Health Promotion , 71 Social Learning Theory , 72 Social ...
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... social scientific explana- tions have not taken us very far in understanding the nature of modern health issues , specifically those with a social and behavioral etiology . These explana- tions seem particularly meager when compared to ...
... social scientific explana- tions have not taken us very far in understanding the nature of modern health issues , specifically those with a social and behavioral etiology . These explana- tions seem particularly meager when compared to ...
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... Social Policy has been compiling an Index of Social Health for the past 10 years . 10 The Index is a composite catalogue of 16 different measures , rang- ing from straightforward health indicators ( e.g. , infant mortality , teen ...
... Social Policy has been compiling an Index of Social Health for the past 10 years . 10 The Index is a composite catalogue of 16 different measures , rang- ing from straightforward health indicators ( e.g. , infant mortality , teen ...
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... Social Health of the U.S. , 1970–1994 . Used with permission , Miringoff , Index of Social Health , ( 1996 ) . Bennett concludes , " According to the findings in this book , in many ways the condition of America is not good . Over the ...
... Social Health of the U.S. , 1970–1994 . Used with permission , Miringoff , Index of Social Health , ( 1996 ) . Bennett concludes , " According to the findings in this book , in many ways the condition of America is not good . Over the ...
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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