Cribb / Duncan Health Promotion and Professional Ethics

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7252-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, E-Book

Health promotion is an increasingly important part of the work ofmost health professionals. Yet health promotion is qualitativelydifferent 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 rationalefor the underlying value of health promotion and for resolvingvalue conflicts. To what extent should an individual be obliged tocontribute to the collective health of a society? Should a societybe more concerned to promote health than to treat existing diseaseand illness? Indeed can a society be said to have a responsibilityfor the health of its members?
The first part of the book addresses the theoretical context ofethics and health promotion. The second part focuses on examplesrelating to nursing and other health professionals, using a casestudy approach. The book will be invaluable in helpingprofessionals understand and respond to ethical challenges inpractical ways.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cribb, Alan

Duncan, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section One - Why Health Promotion Ethics?.
Chapter 1 Values and Health Promotion: Some Fundamentals.
Chapter 2 The Challenge to Professional Ethics.
Section Two - Values and Ethics in Health PromotionPractice.
Chapter 3 Empowerment or Control? Behavioural Counselling andFace-to-Face education.
Chapter 4 Individual or Community Benefit? Considering TeenagePregnancy.
Chapter 5 Do We Know What We're Doing? Evidence and the Ethicsof Lifestyle Change.
Chapter 6 Who Decides What to Do? A Food Policy Case.
Section Three - Towards Ethically Defensible HealthPromotion.
Chapter 7 Codes and Guidelines: Can They Help HealthPromotion?.
Chapter 8 Lessons from Applied Ethics.
Chapter 9 Some Resources for the Reflective Health Promoter

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Cribb is at the Centre for Public Policy Research, King's College, London. Peter Duncan was formerly Chair of the Principles of Practice group of the Society of Heath Education and Promotion Specialists.