Health promotion is an increasingly important part of the work of most health professionals. Yet health promotion is qualitatively different from traditional health care activities.

This book will be a focused introduction to, and exploration of, ethical issues in health promotion. It aims to provide a rationale for the underlying value of health promotion and for resolving value conflicts. To what extent should an individual be obliged to contribute to the collective health of a society? Should a society be more concerned to promote health than to treat existing disease and illness? Indeed can a society be said to have a responsibility for the health of its members?

The first part of the book addresses the theoretical context of ethics and health promotion. The second part focuses on examples relating to nursing and other health professionals, using a case study approach. The book will be invaluable in helping professionals understand and respond to ethical challenges in practical ways.

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Information

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Year

2009

ISBN

9781405172523

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Public Health, Administration & Care

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Values and Health Promotion: Some Fundamentals
Chapter 2 The Challenge to Professional Ethics
Chapter 3 Empowerment or Control? Behavioural Counselling and Face-to-Face Education
Chapter 4 Individual or Community Interest? Considering Teenage Pregnancy
Chapter 5 Do We Know What We're Doing? Evidence and the Ethics of Lifestyle Change
Chapter 6 Who Decides What To Do? A Food Policy Case
Chapter 7 Codes and Guidelines: Can They Help Heath Promoters?
Chapter 8 Lessons From Applied Ethics
Chapter 9 Some Resources for the Reflective Health Promoter
References
Index