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Rethinking health promotion : a global approach / Theodore H. MacDonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacDonald, Theodore H. (Theodore Harney), 1933, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health promotion.
- World health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 promotion has
- Contents:
- ""BOOK COVER""; ""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""CONTENTS""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-222) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-71081-X
- 1-134-71082-8
- 1-283-70802-7
- 1-282-77764-5
- 9786612777646
- 0-203-06987-0
- 9780203069875
- OCLC:
- 277598892
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