The New Public Health : Discourses, Knowledges, Strategies.

The New Public Health : Discourses, Knowledges, Strategies.

Petersen and Lupton focus critically on the new public health, assessing its implications for the concepts of self, embodiment and citizenship. They argue that the new public health is used as a source of moral regulation and for distinguishing between self and other. They also explore the implicati...

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Main Author: Petersen, Alan
Other Authors: Lupton, Deborah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE Publications, 1996.
Subjects:
Environmental health.
Health risk assessment.
Public health.
Social medicine.
public health.
Environmental health
Health risk assessment
Public health
Social medicine
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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