02562nam 2200613 a 450 991078623430332120161219111618.09781446265840 (eBook)08039793551446265846(CKB)2670000000339160(EBL)1474802(OCoLC)918558761(SSID)ssj0000675676(PQKBManifestationID)12348193(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675676(PQKBWorkID)10669567(PQKB)11203898(MiAaPQ)EBC1474802(OCoLC)1007858239(StDuBDS)EDZ0000064004(Au-PeEL)EBL1474802(CaPaEBR)ebr10682741(CaONFJC)MIL581849(OCoLC)846989662(FINmELB)ELB135533(EXLCZ)99267000000033916020120327d1995 fy| 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe imperative of health[electronic resource] public health and the regulated body /Deborah LuptonLondon SAGE19951 online resource (181 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4462-2197-0 0-8039-7936-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-175) and index.Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Governing the Masses: the Emergence of the Public Health Movement; Chapter 2 - Technologies of Health: Contemporary Health Promotion and Public Health; Chapter 3 - Taming Uncertainty: Risk Discourse and Diagnostic Testing; Chapter 4 - Communicating Health: the Mass Media and Advertising in Health Promotion; Chapter 5 - Bodies, Pleasures and the Practices of the Self; Conclusion; References; IndexIn 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.Public healthMedicine, PreventivePublic health.Medicine, Preventive.362.1Lupton Deborah141847StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910786234303321The imperative of health3719117UNINA