"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.
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Author: Bunton, Robin
Publisher: Routledge
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Sociology of Health Promotion
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 1995-08-03
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780415116466
Category: Medical : General