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The sociology of health promotion : critical analyses of consumption, lifestyle and risk / edited by Robin Bunton, Sarah Nettleton, and Roger Burrows.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health promotion--Social aspects.
- Health promotion.
- Health promotion--Political aspects.
- Health behavior--Public opinion.
- Health behavior.
- Lifestyles--Health aspects.
- Lifestyles.
- Health risk assessment--Social aspects.
- Health risk assessment.
- Health Promotion--trends.
- Social Environment.
- Life Style.
- Health Behavior.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Promotion--trends.
- Social Environment.
- Life Style.
- Health Behavior.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
- Summary:
- "The Sociology of Health Promotion" offers analyses of contemporary public health policy, lifestyle, consumption, risk and health. It also examines socio-political critiques of health promotion and reflects upon their implications for policy and practice. Topics include: the institutional emergence of health promotion at both global and national levels; issues of gender and race in health promotion; accidents and the risk of society; smoking; HIV and AIDS; aging; and the body and health related consumption. A key theme of the collection is that health promotion is emblematic of wider socio-cultural changes such as the demise of institutional forms of welfare and social control, a blurring of "expert" and lay knowledge, a heightened collective perception of uncontainable risks, and a shift to a consumer rather than a producer driven economy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-244) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0415116465
- 0415116473
- OCLC:
- 31814878
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