Determinants of Health: Theory, Understanding, Portrayal, Policy

For decades, health professionals have asserted the importance of public participation in interventions for health. Medicine has pursued patient participation in clinical decision-making. In the public health realm, target groups have been asked to assist in the design and implementation of initiati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Commers, Matthew J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Toward a Seamless Salutology: Reconciling Subjectivity and Health Professionalism
  • 2 A Natural Scientific Foundation for Participation and Empowerment: Implications of A Far-From-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Understanding of Health and Health Etiology
  • 3 Understandings of the Preconditions for and Determinants of Health among Residents of Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • 4 Indications of Social Variation in Understandings of the Preconditions for and Determinants of Health among Residents of Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • 5 Representations of Preconditions for and Determinants of Health in the Dutch Press
  • 6 What Do The Dutch Believe Determines Their Health?
  • 7 Theoretical and Practical Legitimacy of Public Participation in Dutch Health-Related Policy Formulation
  • 8 Reflections on the Findings: The Dutch Context and Its Relevance