Rethinking health promotion : a global approach /

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Author / Creator:MacDonald, Theodore H. (Theodore Harney), 1933-
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142463
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ISBN:9781134710829
1134710828
0415164745
9780415164740
0415164753
9780415164757
9780203069875
0203069870
9781134710775
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9781134710812
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-222) and index.
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Summary:In today's world 'health' means far more than merely the absence of illness. In Rethinking Health Promotion Theodore H. MacDonald sweeps away the confusion surrounding the function and position of health promotion. He argues that, far from being a modern innovation, health promotion has existed as a distinct and separate enterprise for as long as biomedicine and cautions against health promotion becoming organized merely an off-shoot of medical care. Drawing on the author's experience as a World Health Organisation consultant, the book also tackles the question of whether health p.
Other form:Print version: MacDonald, Theodore H. (Theodore Harney), 1933- Rethinking health promotion. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998 0415164745