Seedhouse, David.

Health promotion : philosophy, prejudice and practice / David Seedhouse. - xix, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. The Magpie Profession -- Dialogue 1. Health Promotion on Offer: All Models Available -- Dialogue 2. Where's the Beef? -- Ch. 1. Glad to be Vague -- Ch. 2. Hollow Words -- and How to Reveal Them -- Ch. 3. Evidence and Ethics -- Dialogue 3. Progress so Far -- Pt. 2. Prejudice First, Evidence Second -- Ch. 4. What Drives Health Promotion? -- Ch. 5. The Political Tap Roots of Health Promotion -- Dialogue 4. The Outsider -- Ch. 6. The Outsider Problem -- Pt. 3. The Foundations Theory of Health Promotion -- Ch. 7. An Introduction to the Foundations Theory of Health Promotion -- Ch. 8. Tough Questions -- Dialogue 5. The End of Illusion -- Ch. 9. Ethics and Health Promotion -- Ch. 10. Rational Field Health Promotion -- Dialogue 6. Time to Face the Music -- Dialogue 7. Strategies for Health.

Exploring the rhetoric of health promotion, this analysis reveals health promotion's conceptual roots, providing a map of their web of theory and practice.




Text in English

9780470847336 (pbk)


Health promotion -- Philosophy.

613.01 Se32