The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body

by ProfessorDeborahLupton (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  1995

  $227.78

  `A good history of public health developments, primarily in Australia and England, the book is a continuation of debate among health education profession over the status of any or all health education truths ' - Choice

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.42

  In this reappraisal of public health and health promotion in contemporary societies, Deborah Lupton explores public health and health promotion using contemporary sociocultural and political theory, particularly that building on Foucault's writings on subjectivity, embodiment and power relations. The author examines the implications of the new social theories for the study of health promotion and health communication to analyze the symbolic nature of public health practices, and explores their underlying meanings and assumptions.

• New

  Paperback
  1995

  $73.68

  In this reappraisal of public health and health promotion in contemporary societies, Deborah Lupton explores public health and health promotion using contemporary sociocultural and political theory, particularly that building on Foucault's writings on subjectivity, embodiment and power relations. The author examines the implications of the new social theories for the study of health promotion and health communication to analyze the symbolic nature of public health practices, and explores their underlying meanings and assumptions.