Environments for Health: A Salutogenic Approach

ISBN-13: 9781853834776 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 144 str.

John J. MacDonald

Opis

Salutogenic health care takes a holistic view of the individual as part of a social and environmental continuum rather than as an isolated packet of symptoms, and seeks to reassess the very meaning of health. This book sets out to chart the main steps of this movement and to indicate some of the ways of thinking and action.

Spis treści

Introduction * Still in the Business of Fixing Up * Stepping Away from the Medical Model: The Importance of Context * The Social Determinants of Health * Learning from Other Cultures: Health as the Fit Between the Person and Their Environment * Reconceptualizing Health * An Example * The Health of Men: A Salutogenic Approach * Conclusion *

O autorze

Professor John J Macdonald holds the Foundation Chair in Primary Health Care at the University of Western Sydney and is Visiting Professor of Community and Public Health in Palestine.