Promoting Healthy Behavior : How Much Freedom? Whose Responsibility?

ISBN 10: 0878407626 / ISBN 13: 9780878407620

Published by Georgetown University Press, 2000

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Promoting Healthy Behavior : How Much Freedom? Whose Responsibility?
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878407626
• ISBN 13: 9780878407620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.972 pounds

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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 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).