Promoting Healthy Behavior: How Much Freedom? Whose Responsibility? (Hastings Center Studies in Ethics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878407626 ISBN 13: 9780878407620

Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr, 2000

Synopsis

North American scholars of health and ethics raise questions about the role of the state and employers in trying to change health related behavior, such as diet, exercise, and safe sexual practices, and whether or not these efforts are either beneficial (for health or economic reasons), or ethical. Throughout the book the idea of the ambivalence of Americans regarding public health programs is discussed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

The co-founder and former president of the Hastings Center, Daniel Callahan is currently the director of international programs for the Hastings Center and author of The Troubled Dream of Life: In Search of a Peaceful Death, Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society, and What Kind of Life?: The Limits of Medical Progress(Georgetown University Press).

Review

"Insightful . . . provide[s] fascinating analyses....A must-read for all involved with health promotion and disease prevention programs and concerned about their social and ethical implications."―Choice

"A scintillating collection of essays"―Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique

Edition details

• Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878407626
• ISBN 13: 9780878407620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 186
• Editor: Callahan Daniel