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Altruism and health : perspectives from empirical research
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Altruism--Psychological aspects.
- Altruism.
- Psychology.
- Demography.
- Social Behavior.
- Mental Processes.
- Behavior.
- Psychological Phenomena.
- Population Characteristics.
- Epidemiologic Measurements.
- Social Sciences.
- Public Health.
- Sociology.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Environment and Public Health.
- Health Status.
- Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical.
- Medical Subjects:
- Demography.
- Social Behavior.
- Mental Processes.
- Behavior.
- Psychological Phenomena.
- Population Characteristics.
- Epidemiologic Measurements.
- Social Sciences.
- Public Health.
- Sociology.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Psychology.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Environment and Public Health.
- Altruism.
- Health Status.
- Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 458 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Altruism and health
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book provides heuristic models, from evolution and neuroscience, to explain the association between altruism and health, and examine potential public health and practical implications of the existing data.
- Contents:
- Research on volunteering and health
- The contribution of altruistic emotions to health
- Evolutionary models of altruism and health
- Altruism, health, and religion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199786794 (ebook) :
- 0199786798 (ebook) :
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