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Determinants of Health: Theory, Understanding, Portrayal, Policy /

For decades, health professionals have asserted the importance of public participation in interventions for health. Medicine has pursued patient participation in clinical decision-making. In the public health realm, target groups have been asked to assist in the design and implementation of initiati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Commers, Matthew J.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
Series:International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; 13.
Subjects:
Philosophy (General)
Medicine > Philosophy.
Anthropology.
Psychology, Applied.
Psychology, clinical.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Toward a Seamless Salutology: Reconciling Subjectivity and Health Professionalism
  • 2. A Natural Scientific Foundation for Participation and Empowerment: Implications of A Far-From-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Understanding of Health and Health Etiology
  • 3. Understandings of the Preconditions for and Determinants of Health among Residents of Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • 4. Indications of Social Variation in Understanding of the Preconditions for and Determinants of Health among Residents of Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • 5. Representations of Preconditions for and Determinants of Health in the Dutch Press
  • 6. What Do The Dutch Believe Determines Their Health?- 7. Theoretical and Practical Legitimacy of Public Participation in Dutch Health-Related Policy Formulation
  • 8. Reflections on the Findings: The Dutch Context and Its Relevance
  • Bibliography
  • Index.