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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779163803321

Autore

Petersen Alan R. <1953->

Titolo

The new public health [[electronic resource] ] : health and self in the age of risk / / Alan Petersen and Deborah Lupton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1997

ISBN

1-283-88091-1

1-4462-6441-6

1-4462-3827-X

0-7619-5403-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 208 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LuptonDeborah

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Public health

Public health - Social aspects

Public health - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.182-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

'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.