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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version : |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan R Petersen; Deborah Lupton |
ISBN: | 9781446217429 1446217426 1283880911 9781283880916 1446264416 9781446264416 0761954031 9780761954033 |
OCLC Number: | 1007860812 |
Language Note: | English. |
Target Audience: | Specialized. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages) |
Contents: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- The New Public Health: A New Morality?; Chapter 2 -- Epidemiology: Governing by Numbers; Chapter 3 -- The 'Healthy' Citizen; Chapter 4 -- Risk Discourse and 'The Environment'; Chapter 5 -- The 'Healthy' City; Chapter 6 -- The Duty to Participate; Conclusion; References; Index |
Responsibility: | Alan Petersen and Deborah Lupton. |
Abstract:
'The New Public Health' continues and develops the argument of Deborah Lupton's 'The Imperative of Health', published by SAGE in 1995. The authors use contemporary socio-cultural and political theory to examine community participation, epidemiology, etc.
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`I found the book provocative and well worth reading' - Public Health Reports
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