In this reappraisal of public health and health promotion in contemporary societies, Deborah Lupton explores public health and health promotion using contemporary sociocultural and political theory, particularly that building on Foucault's writings on subjectivity, embodiment and power relations. The author examines the implications of the new social theories for the study of health promotion and health communication to analyze the symbolic nature of public health practices, and explores their underlying meanings and assumptions.
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`This consideration of public health and health promotion is worth a read - certainly it is a valuable complement to the more established texts critiquing the practices of clinical medicine. The book considers many practices which are familiar features of everyday life, and I think it will be enjoyed by any reader with a general interest in health and society' - Public Understanding of Science
`Anyone in the public health industry who wants to stand back and ask fundamental questions about what they are doing and the way they are directly or indirectly affecting people at the personal level should read this book' - European Journal of Public Health
`A fine scholarly work that brings together some very interesting and thought-provoking analyses. The books strengths, namely its scholarly approach and critical thinking, well serve its audience of academics and students' - Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal
`A good history of public health developments, primarily in Australia and England, the book is a continuation of debate among health education profession over the status of any or all health education "truths"' - Choice
`An important contribution to the educational critique of public health programs' - Social History of Medicine
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When undertaking a Master of Public Health degree several years ago, I found the limited approach of the subjects I was studying and the literature I was reading a source of consternation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
health promotional literature, health promotional activities, promotional discourses, risk discourse, health promotion literature, contemporary public health, public health reformers, civilized body, social hygiene movement, health promotion campaigns, public health literature, public health movement, public health discourses, health risk appraisals, health promoters, health education journal, health imperatives, health promotion activities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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When undertaking a Master of Public Health degree several years ago, I found the limited approach of the subjects I was studying and the literature I was reading a source of consternation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
health promotional literature, health promotional activities, promotional discourses, risk discourse, health promotion literature, contemporary public health, public health reformers, civilized body, social hygiene movement, health promotion campaigns, public health literature, public health movement, public health discourses, health risk appraisals, health promoters, health education journal, health imperatives, health promotion activities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Middle Ages, New York, Better Health Commission, Health Week, New South Wales Department of Health, Sydney Morning Herald New!
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- Health Promotion: Disciplines and Diversity by Robin Bunton on 4 pages
- Cultural Studies: Volume 7, Issue 3 (Cultural Studies Journal) by Lawrence Grossberg in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Role of Medicine: Dream, Mirage or Nemesis? by Thomas McKeown on page 49, and Back Matter
- The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception by Michel Foucault on page 23, and Back Matter
- Reproductive Technologies (Current Controversies) by Carol Wekesser in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Foucault, Health and Medicine by Robin Bunton on page 29, page 206, and page 222
- Cosmetic Surgery, Gender and Culture by Suzanne Fraser in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Health and Exclusion: Policy and Practice in Health Provision by David Banks on page 23, and page 76
- Contagion (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine) by Alison Bashford in Front Matter, and page 57
- Understanding Health: A Sociological Introduction by Anne-Marie Barry on page 25, and Back Matter
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